Alzheimer’s Disease Today
Words: 1472 Pages: 5 4501Alzheimer’s disease was reported in early November of 1906 by a clinical neuroanatomist known as Alois Alzheimer. The disease was categorized as a degenerative brain disorder of the cerebral cortex that resulted in a decline of memories and other cognitive abilities. After conducting years of research on a woman named Auguste Deter, Alzheimer reported the changes he had observed the years before Auguste’s death. Auguste had been experiencing confusion, memory loss, paranoia, and other changes according to Alzheimer’s report. Alzheimer […]