Alzheimer's Disease Padlet! by David Solis https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e Solis, David Period:3 en-us 2022-05-03 19:29:51 UTC 2026-02-17 17:40:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f600.png 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168972786 David Solis
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Disease:Alzheimer's]]> 2022-05-03 21:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168972786 What is this disease 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168974783
  • Alzheimer's Disease is a disease that causes memory loss.
  • Not just memory loss it can affect basic functions like language reasoning and social behavior. 
  • (source 1 and 2) 

    • ]]>     2022-05-03 21:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168974783     1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168975760 2022-05-03 21:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168975760 How does it do this? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168983163
  • It does this by first destroying neuron's connections involved with memory. 
  • After it affects many systems in the body. 
  • For example the cerebral cortex(A part of the hippocampal memory system). 
  • The hippocampal memory system is a gateway for many other systems. 
  • (source:3)

    • ]]>     2022-05-03 21:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168983163     What gene does it affect? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168985297 The Apolipoprotein E gene is the gene that is the most common to carry Alzheimer's disease. (source 4 and 5)]]> 2022-05-03 21:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168985297 Where is this gene located? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168988132 Out of the 23 pairs of chromosomes, APOE ɛ4 can be located in chromosome 19. Most people usually have 2 pairs of this chromosome. (source 6, 7, and 8)]]> 2022-05-03 21:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2168988132 what protein is involved? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2169141255
  • Amyloid Plaque is the protein involved with Alzheimer's disease. 
  • Protein is misfolded.
  • Protein forms in the spaces between nerve cells. 
  • (source 9, 10, and 11)

    • ]]>     2022-05-04 00:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2169141255     1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2169145578
    • Inability to learn new things.
    • Difficulty with language and problems with reading, writing, and working with numbers.
    • Memory lost.
    • Lost in basic functions. 
    • Change in behavior.
       (sources 12, and 13)

    ]]>     2022-05-04 00:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2169145578     First section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170376422 1:nia.nih.gov.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-happens-brain-alzheimers-disease#:~:text=At%20first%2C%20Alzheimer's%20disease%20typically,%2C%20reasoning%2C%20and%20social%20behavior.

    2:nia.nih.gov. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Life-and-Death-Neuron#:~:text=Neurons%20are%20information%20messengers.,rest%20of%20the%20nervous%20system.

    3:scholarpeadia. http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Entorhinal_cortex#:~:text=The%20entorhinal%20cortex%20is%20part,hippocampal%20formation%20and%20the%20neocortex.


    ]]>     2022-05-04 18:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170376422     second section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170386682 4:nia.nih.gov.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers-disease-genetics-fact-sheet#:~:text=Late%2DOnset%20Alzheimer's%20Disease&text=However%2C%20having%20a%20genetic%20variant,of%20fat%20in%20the%20bloodstream.

    5:wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome_19#:~:text=Chromosome%2019%20is%20one%20of,the%20building%20material%20of%20DNA.

    6:nia.nih.gov.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers-disease-genetics-fact-sheet#:~:text=APOE%20%CE%B54%20increases%20risk%20for,3%20percent%20carry%20two%20copies.

    7:nature.com. https://www.nature.com/articles/mp201090#:~:text=The%20Apolipoprotein%20E%20(APOE)%20%C9%9B4,middle%2Daged%20and%20elderly%20subjects.

    8:nia.nih.gov.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-happens-brain-alzheimers-disease#:~:text=Amyloid%20Plaques,thought%20to%20be%20especially%20toxic.

    9:wikipedia.org.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloid_beta



    10:wikipeadia.org.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloid-beta_precursor_protein

    11:news-medical.net.
    https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-are-Amyloid-Plaques.aspx#:~:text=Amyloid%20plaques%20are%20aggregates%20of,memory%20and%20other%20cognitive%20functions.






    ]]>     2022-05-04 18:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170386682     Third part 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170388253 12:nia.nih.gov.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-happens-brain-alzheimers-disease#:~:text=Alzheimer's%20disrupts%20processes%20vital%20to,the%20entorhinal%20cortex%20and%20hippocampus.

    13:nia.nih.gov.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-are-signs-alzheimers-disease


    ]]>     2022-05-04 18:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170388253     Fourth section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170568311 14: alz.org
    https://www.alz.org/blog/alz/february_2016/why_does_alzheimer_s_disease_affect_more_women_tha#:~:text=Women%20are%20disproportionately%20affected%20by,with%20Alzheimer's%20disease%20are%20women.

    15: cdc.gov.
    https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/Alz-Greater-Risk.html#:~:text=Alzheimer's%20disease%20is%20the%20most,65%20with%20younger%2Donset%20Alzheimer's.

    16:alz.org
    https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-dementia#:~:text=Dementia%20is%20a%20general%20term,help%20those%20affected%20by%20Alzheimer's.



    ]]>     2022-05-04 20:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170568311     What is the amount of people that have Alzheimer's disease in the United States? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170576972 More than 5.8 Million people have Alzheimer's disease in the United states of America. (Source 14)]]> 2022-05-04 20:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170576972 What is the age its most common? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170579214 The age its most common is 65 or older. 5.6 Million people have Alzheimer's Disease in the United States. (Source 15) ]]> 2022-05-04 20:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170579214 What sex is it more likely to affects? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170579764
  • Women are more prone to Alzheimer's Disease than men. 
  • It's almost a two times difference. 
  • This is because they have a chromosome that is more likely to have the gene discussed earlier. 
  • There are less than 200,000 younger than 65 that have Alzheimer's Disease. 
  • (source 16)

    • ]]>     2022-05-04 20:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170579764     Fifth Section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170592673 17:psychiatry.org.
    https://www.psychiatry.org/patients 

    18:mountsinai.org.
    https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/diseases-conditions/neurocognitive-disorder]]>     2022-05-04 21:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170592673     1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170598891
  • Alzheimer's Disease is a neurocognitive disorder. 
  • A neurocognitive disorder is a disorder that makes you to have a decreased mental function. 
  • (source 17 and 18)

    • ]]>     2022-05-04 21:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170598891     Sixth section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170714949 19nibib.nih.gov.
    https://www.nibib.nih.gov/science-education/science-topics/computed-tomography-ct#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Ccomputed%20tomography%E2%80%9D%2C,slices%E2%80%9D%E2%80%94of%20the%20body.

    20:nia nih.gov.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/how-alzheimers-disease-diagnosed#:~:text=Perform%20brain%20scans%2C%20such%20as,other%20possible%20causes%20for%20symptoms.


    ]]>     2022-05-05 00:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170714949     How is it diagnosed? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170718288 There is many computed tomographies that goes into. For example, 
    • (CT), magnetic resonance imaging 
    • (MRI), or positron emission tomography 
    • (PET). All of these mostly check the brain.
    • (source 19)

    ]]>     2022-05-05 00:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170718288     What is computed tomography? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170719937
  • It's a narrow beam of x-rays.
  • Check for specific parts of the body.
  •  For example the brain. 
  • (Source 20)

    • ]]>     2022-05-05 00:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170719937     what is Aducanumab 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170727874 It is a drug that travels to the brain to remove amyloid-beta. This is the only medication to help treat Alzheimer’s. (source 21)]]> 2022-05-05 00:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170727874 What is immunotherapy 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170738727 Its a therapy mainly used for cancer but it can also be used for  Alzheimer's Disease. It boost your key immune cells. (source 21)]]> 2022-05-05 00:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170738727 Seventh Section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170739837 21:nia.nih.gov.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/how-alzheimers-disease-treated#:~:text=Aducanumab%20is%20the%20only%20disease,brain%20lesions%20associated%20with%20Alzheimer's.


    ]]>     2022-05-05 00:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170739837     Area that offer therapy 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170745036
  • The Alzheimer’s family care.
  • non-profit organization.
  • located in Huntington Beach, CA.
  • Phone-number: (714) 593-9630.

    • ]]>     2022-05-05 00:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170745036     Eighth section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170746586 22:Ealthline.com.
    https://www.healthline.com/health/alzheimers-disease/charities-making-a-difference





    ]]>     2022-05-05 00:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170746586     How long have we known about Alzheimer’s? 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170752502
  • We have known this since 1906.
  • It was discovered by Dr. Alzheimer. 
  • Advanced therapy and medication. 
  • (source 22)

    • ]]>     2022-05-05 00:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170752502     Ninth section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170755454
    23:healthline.
    https://www.healthline.com/health/alzheimers-disease/charities-making-a-difference


    ]]>     2022-05-05 00:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170755454     organizations that help with alzheimer's 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170757073
  • Alzheimer's Association.
  • founded by Jerome H. Stone.
  • incorporated on April 10, 1980.
  • (source 23)

    • ]]>     2022-05-05 00:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170757073     Tenth section 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170758132 24:verywellhealth.com.
    https://www.verywellhealth.com/famous-people-with-alzheimers-98082

    25:.alz.org.
    https://www.alz.org/media/documents/about-the-alzheimers-association-b.pdf


    ]]>     2022-05-05 00:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170758132     Celebrities 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170759337
  • Mabel Albertson, actor. 
  • Dana Andrews, actor.
  • Charles Bronson, actor, film director.
  • James Doohan, actor. 
  • Arlene Francis, actor. 
  • Mike Frankovich, film producer. 
  • Rita Hayworth, actress.
    (source 24)


    • ]]>     2022-05-05 00:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170759337     Event 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170761452
  • Walk to End Alzheimer's.
  • Held by more than 600 communities.
  • Raise awareness. 
  • Raises funds.
  • (source 25)

    • ]]>     2022-05-05 00:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2170761452     1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2171936137 2022-05-05 18:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2171936137 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2171938176 2022-05-05 18:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2171938176 1053688 https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2171939687 2022-05-05 18:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1053688/b52p3zorqe7r1p1e/wish/2171939687