Tough Medical Question:

[Kamaavi]

Are the crystals that are said to form in the brain in Alzheimer's related to cysts?

 

If not, what do those crystals form out of and why?

[Miriam1]

^ Come on..this is like your biology homework right...

[Biixi]

I'll give the answer to your first question, don't want to show off by answering both questions.

 

Are the crystals that are said to form in the brain in Alzheimer's related to cysts?

 

The answer is "No those crystals are not related to cysts".

 

You're welcome.

[chubacka]

^ He will prob get a F for an answer like that.

[Sir-Qalbi-Adeyg]

Google scholar is your friend.

[Miriam1]

You don't always have access to academic papers on google scholar, just annoying abstracts!

[Sir-Qalbi-Adeyg]

^ yea, but it's a good to place to search for academic papers, anyone in university should have access to academic papers through their libraries.

[peasant]

^ Yeah you are right and most universities use SciFinder scholar and his school should have one. It searches through many academic journals,publishers and databases etc . It is a really a great tool for searching through academic journals.

[Kamaavi]

Originally posted by Biixi:

I'll give the answer to your first question, don't want to show off by answering both questions.

 

Are the crystals that are said to form in the brain in Alzheimer's related to cysts?

 

The answer is "No those crystals are not related to cysts".

 

You're welcome.

And yet, here you are...

 

Those crystals are amyloid plaques in Alzheimers.

 

Cysts, on the other hand, can be filled with just about anything.

 

Try agian, dudde.

[Kamaavi]

Technically speaking, Alzheimer's can't be truly diagnosed until the autopsy when the plaques are seen. Otherwise it is just extreme dementia. Thankfully (?), Alzheimer's has other symptoms that go with the plaques in the brain that have a more overt manifestation, so the clinical diagnosis is almost always correct.