What causes Alzheimer's Disease?

Alzheimer's Disease is a horrible condition that can strike at the brain of your loved ones and steal their memories and lives. But what is Alzheimer's Disease? What's going on in the brain? Is Alzheimer's just a normal part of aging? Alie breaks down what we know about the neuroscience of Alzheimer's Disease (or Alzheimer Disease) and provides a solid foundation for anyone who is hoping to get a little more information on this type of dementia.

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[Micetticat]

From personal experience It is truly heartbreaking to see your loved ones losing memories and cognitive abilities because of alzheimer disease. Other members of my family have reached their late nineties with a brain in very good shape, and that is truly the best thing I could wish for anyone! This striking difference always made me ask if, besides genetics, there might be environmental causes of alzheimer, such as exposure to certain substances, diet, low brain exercise and engagement in new activities and stimuli after a certain age. Thanks for this great informative video: I wish it will go viral because it could help and inspire a lot of people.

[doodoothedishonored]

My mom pushed on for 7 years. It broke my heart when she died last year almost to the date. But she was also 52. So everyone who knew was very confused.

[MCshaneization]

Never seen someone so happy to be talking about brain cell death.

[amaziahyaohsharal]

My father has this disease :(

He’s 88 years old and in great physical shape but to see his mental decline is heartbreaking. Doctors had him on something called Mematine. That stuff was making him go crazy. I ended taking him off that stuff and switched to something more experimental.

I’ve been giving him Microdoses of Pscilicybin mushrooms with his permission and the results are outstanding. It’s almost like it’s reversing the effects.

I do not recommend anyone trying what I’m doing however, it’s working like a charm and I’m not seeing any side effects with it.

[franticranter]

My grandad has Alzheimers, but his is really strange. He loses some short term memory and gets a bit confused, but he still has all of his long term memory and he can still make witty jokes (as he always has). I don’t think it’s even just that it’s early, because i can’t remember him before he got dementia (and i’m 18).

[Volucrum]

Altzheimer symptoms can set in at age 50 or below. It's strongly linked to childhood trauma. Repressed trauma. Head trauma. And the ability to smell. Altzheimer can be a very slow disease because it's very hard to diagnose. Often it's already been going on for five to ten years by the time the person was diagnosed officially. People often wave it off as forgetfulness or stress at this age. Certain connections start to disappear or become impossible to be made. Like forgetting what someone wants in their coffee. After asking the hundredth time. Or forgetting sprite and 7up are both the same thing. And pepsi is also cola.

[SenthilKumar-ckrr]

In our villages and other parts of India, many elderly people over the age of 65 suffer from, some form of insomnia, but we have decided that this is the stage of aging, not knowing what it is.
People who have been drunkers, normal mens, practicing yoga and meditation since childhood have been affected.
Millions of people suffered from this Alzheimer's disease, (other then top diseases like, diabetics, heart attack, stroke, high BP, liver scirosis, anemia etc., ) after a certain age to Long period, in India.

[vanilla_gunpowder]

If any of you guys is interested in Alzheimer's disease (or looking for an urgent help) find an interview with Dale Bredesen or read something by Michael Nehls. Their opinion on the disease is quite nontraditional but I really respect them for what they're trying to do. And I can tell from my experience that their approach is right.

[TheGamingGrape]

My grandma (my mom's mom) died from Alziehmer's, and now my mom, only 38, has been diagnosed with it. Fml

[addisonhart]

my grandma has alzheimers and it is so sad to see how it has affected her. like she looks in the mirror and she sees herself and she calls her reflection her "friend". she got transferred to a nursing home because she used to just walkout of the house and wander in the street. she doesnt even remember anything except from when she was younger and lived in the south. she cant even talk and she mixes me and my mom together saying I'm her daughter and my moms her sister. it is so sad to see her life just fade away. people dont get how it can effect people and their families. sometimes it she cant control her anger, and sometimes when we hug her she cries. she doesnt eat anymore or do anything without assistance. so please, if you know anyone with alzheimers, pray for them. you never know how bad it can get.

[kingkrimzon]

Thank you Leyland Kirby for giving me an eternal anxiety 👍

[BrainsApplied]

If you get Alzheimer's in your twenties, do you also die within several years? Or do you live for many more decades?
Great video btw!

[Zeldur]

My grandpa has had some form of dementia for as long as I've been alive yet he and grandma refuse to get treatment. It gets worse throughout the day and he starts talking in shorter loops going as short as a few minutes by 5pm. By 8pm, it's hard to talk to him.

[solidsnake]

Ive never felt so helpless and emotional seeing my grandfather go through this. Alzhimers is awful

[MrEthanhines]

5:07 You hit the nail on the head right there! AD is autoimmune, caused by either antibodies attacking the neurons or the microglia attacking the neurons. BetaAmaloid and Tau tangles are just what's left over after neurons die.

[davidmyles]

My mum is 86 and has early signs of dementia , she has been diagnosed with alzheimers and has been put on Donepezil

[DiversEvent]

My wife is 60 and has this in advance stage and I have no idea what to do for her to help us.

[shahriarhajiabbasi]

glad to Find a Good Channel in Neuroscience..

[claudiacanales]

Addressing earlier in the disease is close to impossible because doctors don’t want to send a patient for an MRI because they are expensive tests and insurance companies don’t want to pay for them. We have a horrible health system.

[argenteus]

Here from 12tone. Good video, but the evidence against the amyloid hypothesis is growing.