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Does the Amyloid Beta hypothesis only address certain aspects of AD or does is provide a more comprehensive explanation of AD pathology?

Real world application – Alzheimer’s disease For this activity, you will critically evaluate the Amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). According to this hypothesis, the accumulation of amyloid beta peptide in the brain is the primary mechanism of AD pathology (Hardy and Selkoe, 2002). AD is a complicated disease with many different pathologies. For this […]