As you can see in the picture above, this brain has gone through drastic change. The photo on the left is a scan of healthy brain. The photo on the left is a scan of a brain that has Alzheimer's. When people get Alzheimer's, the nerve cells in their brain die, and there is a loss of tissue throughout each chamber of the brain. As the brain tissue decreases, the size of the brain chambers increase leading to memory loss and the ability to do the normal everyday activities.
Source:
"Alzheimer's and the brain." WebMD. Web. 10 Nov 2010.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION: "Alzheimer's and the brain." WebMD. Web. 10 Nov 2010.
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