Deterioration of Cognitive Abilities and Memory in Alzheimer's Patients May

question 251

Multiple Choice

Deterioration of cognitive abilities and memory in Alzheimer's patients may be attributable to:

• A)nonprescription drug usage earlier in life.
• B)a buildup of proteins that clump together in the spaces between neurons,interrupting their normal activity.
• C)normal aging processes that are unavoidable.
• D)one gene that definitively determines whether the disease will appear.

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