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amyloid plaque

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Noun1.amyloid plaque - a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body


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Another intriguing theory suggests that cholesterol plays a role in the development of the amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the disease.
His work, which has previously shown that oxidative stress precedes the onset of amyloid plaques, will elucidate the role of aluminum as a modulator of brain oxidative damage, and will examine the hypothesis that vitamin E, a dietary antioxidant, could delay the onset of amyloid plaque deposition in the animal model.
The drug, AN-1792, reportedly targets the beta amyloid plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
 
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