Why read a huge book full of uninteresting and fairly meaningless dribble when you can just watch one of these really insightful and succinct videos. Cheers Osmois.
My grandmother had Alzheimer's. I remember her looking at an old picture of her and my grandfather, pointing at it and saying "He left me" He didn't leave her. He died in 2012 and she forgot due to her illness. She died in September 2018 only 2 months away from becoming 90. Diseases that cause memory loss are things I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy.
Osmosis , thank you for existing. You can't even imagine how much you guys have helped me to clear my annual exams in medical college. Every prof was so easy because of you and I never had to have sleepless nights to study and cram diseases from books, your videos were enough for me to write about a disease in exams. Please never stop making content. I will always watch your videos despite being a practicing physician.
Thanks for making us part of your medical education and professional journey, Delcy! We're glad that you shared this with us. Definitely made our day! 🥰❤️🙏🏼
My grandpa had this and he was an amazing man. I wish I had spent more time with him. May he Rest In Peace, and thank you for educating thousands of people and helping them grow. Keep doing what you’re doing! 🤍
. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment from Alzheimer disease. I really appreciate you very much and he is able to cure you from any sickness and he also cured my cousin from Ischemic heart disease thanks to him ...if you have any diseases let me know so I can link you up with him ..
I don't know how many lecturers are delivering lectures at the osmosis but the person in this lecture is the best among all. He delivers the information so beautifully that i love to listen and is very easily understood and retained. Thank you so much sir 👍
In December of 2001 , My father was diagnosed of Alzheimer's disease. We saw it coming where as his first symptoms were in Late-2000. By April of 2006 he got Bad , In 2008 he got to the point where my mom or family members couldn't take care of him so we had to put him in a Home. By Early 2010 , He had no idea who we were his sons , Grandchildren, Even my mom (His wife) He only knew who his best friend 'Stanley' was (Friends for 85 years) It was extremely heart-Breaking and very saddening the one who raised me had no idea who i was nor my mom who he was married to since 1945 (65 years at that time) he was heading downhill very fast , Faster than usual the doctors said. Unfortunately On January 11,2011 he passed away he was 93 years old. Alzheimer's isn't only disease but its one where memories are forgotten from your loved one. Where as times your closest role model doesn't even know who u are.
I'm so disappointed in the neurological doctor, and all the studies that they do !!!! They still are at the point, that they can't do anything ,against this brain degenerativ problems. Going from conference to conferences, writing books, but nothing actually ,comes out useful. I'm in the situation when I'm seeing my mother, losing more of her memorie. Her walk and hands moving more rigid, she is on treatment for two years now. And all the pills in the world, can't seem to help , to stop this illness evolution. I'm so disappointed in medicine, and doctors! !!!
@@zfloz9895 I'm so sorry to hear about your loved ones. If you haven't read any of UCLA's Dr. Dale Bredesen's work/watched any of his interviews here on youtube, I'd strongly suggest giving them a look. Alzheimer's is complex, which is why monotherapies (like medication alone) are unlikely to solve Alzheimer's. He recommends a series of tests to find out what subtype(s) of Alzheimer's you might have. He argues that there are three main subtypes of cognitive decline. 1. Inflammatory 2. Atrophic (caused by lack of cognition supporting nutrients and hormones) and 3. Toxic. (heavy metal and mycotoxin exposure.) Then you can focus on the main drivers of Alzheimer's in you or your loved one. I also made a few videos going over some of these ideas, both the 3 main subtypes as well as why APP ends up getting cut into the four harmful peptides instead of the two. I did this mainly because of a personal situation where I can't get people to even take a cursory look at Bredesen's work. I figured I'd have to make it easy and cartoony.
@@worthlessprofessor6477 you know. I should not know anything about it. I have to be the dumbest person about it. I just whant the persons whom they are experts in this matter, to do more then make use of rare words and expensive books, that they write. And to come with clear solutions.
Oh my god Our professor took 3 hours explaining that desease and we have not understood almost anything But you with that video in 9 minutes made it really simple and clear Man you are extremely genius You are talented Thank you so much 💙💙💙💙
For those interested, I made a full transcript of this video. Hope this helps someone else out, especially those writing papers! I double checked everything, but please let me know if I missed anything. "Dementia isn't technically a disease, but more of a way to describe a set of symptoms, like poor memory and difficulty learning new information, which can make it really hard to function independently. Usually dementia is caused by some sort of damage to the cells in the brain which can be caused by a variety of diseases. Alzheimer's disease, now referred to as Alzheimer disease is the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer disease is considered a neurodegenerative disease meaning it causes the degeneration or loss of neurons in the brain particularly in the cortex. This, as you might expect, leads to the symptoms characteristic of dementia. although the cause of Alzheimer disease isn't completely understood, two major players that are often cited in its progression are plaques in tangles. All right, so here we've got this cell membrane of a neuron in the brain. in the membrane you've got this molecule called amyloid precursor protein or APP. One end of this guy’s in the cell and the other end’s outside the cell. It's thought that this guy helps the neuron grow and repair itself after an injury. since APP’s a protein just like other proteins, it gets used and overtime it gets broken down and recycled. Normally, it gets chopped up by an enzyme called Alpha secretase and its buddy, Gamma secretase. This chopped up peptide is soluble and goes away and everything is all good. if another enzyme, beta secretase, teams up with gamma secretase instead then we've got a problem. This leftover fragment isn't soluble and creates a monomer called amyloid beta. These monomers tend to be chemically sticky and bond together just outside the neurons and form what are called beta amyloid plaques, these clumps of lots of these monomers. These plaques can potentially get between the neurons which can get in the way of neuron-to-neuron signaling. if the brain cells can't signal and relay information, then brain functions like memory can be seriously impaired. it's also thought that these plaques can start up an immune response and cause inflammation which might damage surrounding neurons. Amyloid plaque can also deposit around blood vessels in the brain called amyloid angiopathy, which weakens the walls of the blood vessels and increases the risk of hemorrhage or rupture and blood loss. Here's an image of amyloid plaque on Histology. These clumps are buildups of beta amyloid and this is happening outside the cells. Another big part of Alzheimer disease are tangles, and these are actually found inside the cell as opposed to the beta amyloid plaques. Just like other cells, neurons are held together by their cytoskeleton which is partly made up of microtubules, these track like structures that essentially act like a minecart shipping nutrients and molecules along the length of the cell. A special protein called Tau makes sure that these tracks don't break apart, kind of like railway ties. Although again it's not completely understood, it's thought that the beta amyloid plaque buildup outside the neuron initiates pathways inside the neuron that lead to activation of kinase an enzyme that transfers phosphate groups to the Tau protein. The Tau protein then changes shape, stops supporting the microtubules, and clumps up with other Tau proteins and gets tangled and leads to the other characteristic finding of Alzheimer disease, neurofibrillary tangles. Neurons with tangles in non-functioning microtubules can't signal as well and sometimes end up undergoing apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Here's an image of Histology showing these neurofibrillary tangles formed inside the neuron. As neurons die, large scale changes start to take place in the brain. For one, the brain atrophies, or shrinks, and the Gyri get narrower (which are the characteristic ridges of the brain). As those get narrower the Sulci, which are the groups between the Gyri, get wider. With atrophy the ventricles, or fluid filled cavities in the brain, get larger as well. So, that's the pathophysiology part, but why does this happen in some people and not others? well Alzheimer disease can be split into two groups sporadic and familial. Sporadic is used to describe the late onset type where the exact cause isn't very well defined and is probably a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors. And sporadic accounts for the vast majority of cases. With sporadic Alzheimer's, the risk increases significantly with age affecting around 1% of people between ages 60-65 and 50% of people over the age of 85. In fact, a gene that's been identified as possibly contributing to an increased risk of Alzheimer disease is the e4 allele of apolipoprotein E gene or APOE e4. Researchers have shown that the risk of developing Alzheimer disease increases for patients that inherit one e4 allele and increases even more for patients who inherited two e4 alleles, one from each parent. Apolipoprotein E helps breakdown beta amyloid, but the E4 allele seems to be less effective than the other alleles like the APOE 2 allele, meaning patients are more likely to develop beta amyloid plaques. Familial Alzheimer disease, on the other hand, is used to describe cases where some dominant gene was inherited that speeds up the progression of the disease. So, sometimes familial Alzheimer's disease is referred to as early-onset Alzheimer's. Familial accounts for about 5 to 10% of cases and could be caused by several gene mutations. First, mutations in the PSEN-1 or PSEN-2 genes on chromosome 14 or chromosome 1, respectively, had been linked to early-onset Alzheimer's. These genes encode for presenilin 1 and presenilin 2, both protein subunits of gamma secretase. Mutations in these PSEN-1 or PSEN-2 genes can change the location where gamma secretase chops APP, producing different length beta amyloid molecules, which seem to be better at clumping up and forming plaques. Another known genetic cause of Alzheimer's is trisomy 21, or Down Syndrome, which involves an extra copy of chromosome 21. It turns out that the gene responsible for producing APP is located on chromosome 21, which means that people with Down Syndrome have an extra APP gene and presumably increased expression of APP, potentially increasing the amount of amyloid plaque buildup. For this reason, familial Alzheimer disease often progresses by age 40 in patients with Down Syndrome. Symptoms of Alzheimer disease worsen as plaques and tangles buildup and damage to the neurons accumulates. In the early stages, symptoms might not even be detectable. As it progresses, though, patients lose short-term memory. Like, for example, they might not be able to remember what they had for breakfast that morning. They then progress to a loss of motor skills making things like eating difficult without help. Also language becomes affected making it more difficult to communicate. Eventually they lose long term memory, like forgetting the name of their spouse or even that they're married in the 1st place. And they progressively become more disoriented, which can be dangerous because they might wander from home and get lost. In the late stages they become bedridden and the most common cause of death is actually infection, like pneumonia. Diagnosis of Alzheimer disease is really tough because the only way to definitively show that a person had Alzheimer's is by performing a brain biopsy after autopsy. Usually a clinician will, therefore, make a diagnosis after excluding other causes of dementia. Currently there isn't any cure for Alzheimer disease. Some medications exist but the benefits are small and there haven't been any medications that clearly and definitively halt the progression of Alzheimer's."
My mother passed way at the age of 39 the doctor didn't get the disease but the symptom is related to this... It was really heartbreaking ....She didn't even know us My 7 year old brother and 16 year me didn't even got a chance to say a last goodbye to her........ I wish i had a chance to show that how much i love her
I’m 70, alone and just been given this diagnosis. It is absolutely devastating particularly having to give up my job, my home and everything I worked for. I am devastated!.
Plzz belive in Jesus he is the only real god he can heal you and cahnge your life plzz only 1 time pray to him with whole your heart trust me I am only 17 and i have experienced how great he is and i am not doing this for relegious sake because jesus came for whole world and relegion and christians
Osmosis -nice user name...I am a little girl but I believe I can do big things. My dream is to be a doctor , but what really is my big big dream is to find a cure for the Alzheimer disease and cancer..Thank you for this information I will keep learning more in this subject
me too! i am 14 and i want to be a doctor so i watch these videos because i love it and i want to learn as much as i can. these videos are the best because even i can understand them
These are by far the most helpful medical videos I've come across! I love how concepts are clearly and concisely explained, relevant information included. I got more from these 10min videos than from hours of lecture and reading textbooks. Thanks so much, you guys are doing an incredible job!
My grandmother has Alzheimer’s or dementia. Once she didn’t recognize photos of her deceased husband, and has forgotten what relation my deceased father (her son) was to her. I hope that one day Alzheimer’s and all other forms of dementia will be cured. 💜
At this moment prevention looks like the only way of slowing it down. Dr Bredesen is doing research for trying to prevent Alzheimer's. He is hoping to reverse the symptoms.
A note for my future self: we're on the 5th week of the medical students strike right now and I feel lost trying to catch up with everything alone at home I'm not even motivated but I'm trying my best I got this
Thank you for putting a lot of time, effort and detail into this video. As a Physiotherapist, on my new channel I am trying to educate as many people as I can on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. I put up a video telling people that forgetting why you entered a room is a normal part of aging, and to not worry yourself about it. Let’s keep up the good work together and keep the videos coming!
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After discussing with some people working with numerous patient affecter by this disease, I've learned that this disease seems to act like a chronological undoing of the brain. The patient gradually forget about more recent memories and abilities, and seem to go through the stage of human maturation in reverse. It seems strange to me that "random" cell degeneration would lead to such a process instead of a more random loss of function and memories.
Chronological undoing of the brain is definitely a great way to explain what Alzheimers appears to be. It happens like that because a lot of the plaques and tangles start in the hippocampus (where recent memories and hearings are formed) and then spread into different regions of the brain eventually to the area in the brain that regulates heart and breathing killing the patient. The spread of the plaques and tangles cause the "chronological" phases of the Alzheimers.
Alzheimers Disease is characterized for the randomness of the progression that the neurons die. Not all cases are the same although there is a set of stages from start to finish. Other dementias are characterized other ways. Frontotemporal demetia begins in the frontal lobe and the section on the side of the brain. Vascular dementia is clogging of the blood vessels through the brain thus killing off neurons,
The Best one i have ever seen. I have been studying it and found it very difficult to understand but this made that too easy for me.... Thanks Osmosis!!!!!!
My father was diagnosed of Alzheimer's disease recently. I know there is no cure, but I understand that exercise is still the best form of treatment for the symptoms and should be the main focus before meds. He's on the meds, so let's put that aside. So for exercise my doctor warned me that if he gets too strong he could hurt people as his confusion increases. So the advice was only walking. I'd love any feedback on this, thank you
I had this topic to elaborate and was not able how to because all the causing factors ,NFT ,Tau are getting me confused ,now they r just superb cleared
Thank you so much, this is super helpful! As someone who is just beginning to get to grips with the neurobiology of Alzheimer's you''ve really helped a gal out!
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Thank you for the explanation, as always your videos are fully informative. I think i'm going crazy for this disease. I'm just so scared of someone i love gets this i don't know how to take it. The more i learn about this the more i understand it's innevitable for some people. Thank you for such a detailed explanation of the brain cells's plaques and tangles.
Very clear, concise, and concrete. I looked at the First Aid book and everything said in this video and some correlated with the material. I will starting these videos more often to take my understanding and studying to another level. Thank you!!
If you're interested in research that looks at possible root causes for Alzheimer's, check out the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen. He had a 2018 study in the Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism. The study is titled: "Reversal of Cognitive Decline: 100 patients." It's fascinating stuff!
God, thank you for loving your people who have Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Thank you for miraculous memory recurrences. Thank you for miraculous speech. Thank you for miraculous functions and for granddaughters and grandsons who care In Jesus mighty name. Amen 🙏
Just a quick edit - Short-term memory ISN'T remembering what you had for breakfast. Remembering recent events is still Long-Term Memory (Episodic), and the unability to do so is called anterograde amnesia (inability to form new memories). Short-Term Memory (also noted as Working Memory and sometimes used interchangeably) refers to the memory of the now - spanning back SECONDS, not hours - it is what helps you remember the beginning of your sentence, do mental calculations, remember a phone number being said to you as you type it up in your phone, etc. It's also what is impaired temporarily when someone's high on weed, for example. But still, very helpful video! :)
If you liked this video, look at the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen at Duke University! He looks at possible root causes of Alzheimer's such as: pathogens/gut infections, intestinal permeability of the gut (leaky gut), microbiome imbalances, insulin resistance, nutrient deficiencies, hormone imbalances, and toxin exposures!
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Great summary, very informative! What about the benefits of a Healthy diet, Exercise and Happy social relations? Surely that must play a role in maintaining brain cells
If you liked this video, you may also want to know that it's estimated that 45 million out of the 328 million people in the U.S. will have Alzheimers! That's 13.7%!!
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Why read a huge book full of uninteresting and fairly meaningless dribble when you can just watch one of these really insightful and succinct videos. Cheers Osmois.
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Hands down, the most concise and simple explainatory video on All i have seen online. Like always, thanks!
Wow, thanks for the feedback, Rohit! 🙏🏻
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My grandmother had Alzheimer's. I remember her looking at an old picture of her and my grandfather, pointing at it and saying "He left me" He didn't leave her. He died in 2012 and she forgot due to her illness. She died in September 2018 only 2 months away from becoming 90. Diseases that cause memory loss are things I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy.
Man my grandmother had the same thing she couldn't remember some people
It is a very sad thing
Episodic memory loss
It’s worse than cancer because your lost in your own mind and you loss all memories of yourself so you basically lose your identity
My fear for my grandmother.. she already currently deals with aphasia 😢
Osmosis , thank you for existing. You can't even imagine how much you guys have helped me to clear my annual exams in medical college. Every prof was so easy because of you and I never had to have sleepless nights to study and cram diseases from books, your videos were enough for me to write about a disease in exams. Please never stop making content. I will always watch your videos despite being a practicing physician.
Thanks for making us part of your medical education and professional journey, Delcy! We're glad that you shared this with us. Definitely made our day! 🥰❤️🙏🏼
My grandpa had this and he was an amazing man. I wish I had spent more time with him. May he Rest In Peace, and thank you for educating thousands of people and helping them grow. Keep doing what you’re doing! 🤍
. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment from Alzheimer disease. I really appreciate you very much and he is able to cure you from any sickness and he also cured my cousin from Ischemic heart disease thanks to him ...if you have any diseases let me know so I can link you up with him ..
Peace to those who have unease from this disease
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Sorry for your loss.
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it's the best video on Alzheimer I've ever seen. it helped me in my exams alot. Thanks
Hope you wrote exam well . God gave me a big exam that is dementia.
R u medical student..??
@@striker1011 hello,how are you now?
@@trofaznimotor901 I am fine sir. Happy & curious every day of my life 🙏
I don't know how many lecturers are delivering lectures at the osmosis but the person in this lecture is the best among all. He delivers the information so beautifully that i love to listen and is very easily understood and retained. Thank you so much sir 👍
In December of 2001 , My father was diagnosed of Alzheimer's disease. We saw it coming where as his first symptoms were in Late-2000. By April of 2006 he got Bad , In 2008 he got to the point where my mom or family members couldn't take care of him so we had to put him in a Home. By Early 2010 , He had no idea who we were his sons , Grandchildren, Even my mom (His wife) He only knew who his best friend 'Stanley' was (Friends for 85 years)
It was extremely heart-Breaking and very saddening the one who raised me had no idea who i was nor my mom who he was married to since 1945 (65 years at that time) he was heading downhill very fast , Faster than usual the doctors said. Unfortunately On January 11,2011 he passed away he was 93 years old.
Alzheimer's isn't only disease but its one where memories are forgotten from your loved one. Where as times your closest role model doesn't even know who u are.
My condolences. I hope your mother (and you entire family frankly) are doing good!
I'm so disappointed in the neurological doctor, and all the studies that they do !!!!
They still are at the point, that they can't do anything ,against this brain degenerativ problems.
Going from conference to conferences, writing books, but nothing actually ,comes out useful. I'm in the situation when I'm seeing my mother, losing more of her memorie. Her walk and hands moving more rigid, she is on treatment for two years now. And all the pills in the world, can't seem to help , to stop this illness evolution. I'm so disappointed in medicine, and doctors! !!!
@@zfloz9895 I'm so sorry to hear about your loved ones. If you haven't read any of UCLA's Dr. Dale Bredesen's work/watched any of his interviews here on youtube, I'd strongly suggest giving them a look. Alzheimer's is complex, which is why monotherapies (like medication alone) are unlikely to solve Alzheimer's. He recommends a series of tests to find out what subtype(s) of Alzheimer's you might have.
He argues that there are three main subtypes of cognitive decline. 1. Inflammatory 2. Atrophic (caused by lack of cognition supporting nutrients and hormones) and 3. Toxic. (heavy metal and mycotoxin exposure.) Then you can focus on the main drivers of Alzheimer's in you or your loved one.
I also made a few videos going over some of these ideas, both the 3 main subtypes as well as why APP ends up getting cut into the four harmful peptides instead of the two. I did this mainly because of a personal situation where I can't get people to even take a cursory look at Bredesen's work. I figured I'd have to make it easy and cartoony.
@@worthlessprofessor6477 you know. I should not know anything about it. I have to be the dumbest person about it. I just whant the persons whom they are experts in this matter, to do more then make use of rare words and expensive books, that they write. And to come with clear solutions.
@@worthlessprofessor6477 and thank you, for your empathy. ♡
Oh my god
Our professor took 3 hours explaining that desease and we have not understood almost anything
But you with that video in 9 minutes made it really simple and clear
Man you are extremely genius
You are talented
Thank you so much 💙💙💙💙
Happy to help! 🙏🏼 ❤️ 😊
For those interested, I made a full transcript of this video. Hope this helps someone else out, especially those writing papers! I double checked everything, but please let me know if I missed anything.
"Dementia isn't technically a disease, but more of a way to describe a set of symptoms, like poor memory and difficulty learning new information, which can make it really hard to function independently. Usually dementia is caused by some sort of damage to the cells in the brain which can be caused by a variety of diseases. Alzheimer's disease, now referred to as Alzheimer disease is the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer disease is considered a neurodegenerative disease meaning it causes the degeneration or loss of neurons in the brain particularly in the cortex. This, as you might expect, leads to the symptoms characteristic of dementia. although the cause of Alzheimer disease isn't completely understood, two major players that are often cited in its progression are plaques in tangles.
All right, so here we've got this cell membrane of a neuron in the brain. in the membrane you've got this molecule called amyloid precursor protein or APP. One end of this guy’s in the cell and the other end’s outside the cell. It's thought that this guy helps the neuron grow and repair itself after an injury. since APP’s a protein just like other proteins, it gets used and overtime it gets broken down and recycled. Normally, it gets chopped up by an enzyme called Alpha secretase and its buddy, Gamma secretase. This chopped up peptide is soluble and goes away and everything is all good. if another enzyme, beta secretase, teams up with gamma secretase instead then we've got a problem. This leftover fragment isn't soluble and creates a monomer called amyloid beta. These monomers tend to be chemically sticky and bond together just outside the neurons and form what are called beta amyloid plaques, these clumps of lots of these monomers. These plaques can potentially get between the neurons which can get in the way of neuron-to-neuron signaling. if the brain cells can't signal and relay information, then brain functions like memory can be seriously impaired. it's also thought that these plaques can start up an immune response and cause inflammation which might damage surrounding neurons.
Amyloid plaque can also deposit around blood vessels in the brain called amyloid angiopathy, which weakens the walls of the blood vessels and increases the risk of hemorrhage or rupture and blood loss. Here's an image of amyloid plaque on Histology. These clumps are buildups of beta amyloid and this is happening outside the cells. Another big part of Alzheimer disease are tangles, and these are actually found inside the cell as opposed to the beta amyloid plaques. Just like other cells, neurons are held together by their cytoskeleton which is partly made up of microtubules, these track like structures that essentially act like a minecart shipping nutrients and molecules along the length of the cell. A special protein called Tau makes sure that these tracks don't break apart, kind of like railway ties. Although again it's not completely understood, it's thought that the beta amyloid plaque buildup outside the neuron initiates pathways inside the neuron that lead to activation of kinase an enzyme that transfers phosphate groups to the Tau protein. The Tau protein then changes shape, stops supporting the microtubules, and clumps up with other Tau proteins and gets tangled and leads to the other characteristic finding of Alzheimer disease, neurofibrillary tangles.
Neurons with tangles in non-functioning microtubules can't signal as well and sometimes end up undergoing apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Here's an image of Histology showing these neurofibrillary tangles formed inside the neuron. As neurons die, large scale changes start to take place in the brain. For one, the brain atrophies, or shrinks, and the Gyri get narrower (which are the characteristic ridges of the brain). As those get narrower the Sulci, which are the groups between the Gyri, get wider. With atrophy the ventricles, or fluid filled cavities in the brain, get larger as well.
So, that's the pathophysiology part, but why does this happen in some people and not others? well Alzheimer disease can be split into two groups sporadic and familial. Sporadic is used to describe the late onset type where the exact cause isn't very well defined and is probably a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors. And sporadic accounts for the vast majority of cases. With sporadic Alzheimer's, the risk increases significantly with age affecting around 1% of people between ages 60-65 and 50% of people over the age of 85. In fact, a gene that's been identified as possibly contributing to an increased risk of Alzheimer disease is the e4 allele of apolipoprotein E gene or APOE e4. Researchers have shown that the risk of developing Alzheimer disease increases for patients that inherit one e4 allele and increases even more for patients who inherited two e4 alleles, one from each parent. Apolipoprotein E helps breakdown beta amyloid, but the E4 allele seems to be less effective than the other alleles like the APOE 2 allele, meaning patients are more likely to develop beta amyloid plaques.
Familial Alzheimer disease, on the other hand, is used to describe cases where some dominant gene was inherited that speeds up the progression of the disease. So, sometimes familial Alzheimer's disease is referred to as early-onset Alzheimer's. Familial accounts for about 5 to 10% of cases and could be caused by several gene mutations. First, mutations in the PSEN-1 or PSEN-2 genes on chromosome 14 or chromosome 1, respectively, had been linked to early-onset Alzheimer's. These genes encode for presenilin 1 and presenilin 2, both protein subunits of gamma secretase. Mutations in these PSEN-1 or PSEN-2 genes can change the location where gamma secretase chops APP, producing different length beta amyloid molecules, which seem to be better at clumping up and forming plaques.
Another known genetic cause of Alzheimer's is trisomy 21, or Down Syndrome, which involves an extra copy of chromosome 21. It turns out that the gene responsible for producing APP is located on chromosome 21, which means that people with Down Syndrome have an extra APP gene and presumably increased expression of APP, potentially increasing the amount of amyloid plaque buildup. For this reason, familial Alzheimer disease often progresses by age 40 in patients with Down Syndrome.
Symptoms of Alzheimer disease worsen as plaques and tangles buildup and damage to the neurons accumulates. In the early stages, symptoms might not even be detectable. As it progresses, though, patients lose short-term memory. Like, for example, they might not be able to remember what they had for breakfast that morning. They then progress to a loss of motor skills making things like eating difficult without help. Also language becomes affected making it more difficult to communicate. Eventually they lose long term memory, like forgetting the name of their spouse or even that they're married in the 1st place. And they progressively become more disoriented, which can be dangerous because they might wander from home and get lost.
In the late stages they become bedridden and the most common cause of death is actually infection, like pneumonia.
Diagnosis of Alzheimer disease is really tough because the only way to definitively show that a person had Alzheimer's is by performing a brain biopsy after autopsy. Usually a clinician will, therefore, make a diagnosis after excluding other causes of dementia. Currently there isn't any cure for Alzheimer disease. Some medications exist but the benefits are small and there haven't been any medications that clearly and definitively halt the progression of Alzheimer's."
I think i have alzheimer cuz i dont remember asking
@@kazrulgaymingIs that why Snape killed you?
@@SteveWoodyMusic couldnt remember
@@kazrulgayming LOL
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My mother passed way at the age of 39 the doctor didn't get the disease but the symptom is related to this...
It was really heartbreaking ....She didn't even know us
My 7 year old brother and 16 year me
didn't even got a chance to say a last goodbye to her........
I wish i had a chance to show that how much i love her
wow. Hope you both are doing well
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I’m 70, alone and just been given this diagnosis. It is absolutely devastating particularly having to give up my job, my home and everything I worked for. I am devastated!.
Plzz belive in Jesus he is the only real god he can heal you and cahnge your life plzz only 1 time pray to him with whole your heart trust me I am only 17 and i have experienced how great he is and i am not doing this for relegious sake because jesus came for whole world and relegion and christians
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Got a neuro exam tomorrow so going through your videos as a refresher. They’re well made, thanks a ton!
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thankyou so much!simplifying a textbook chapter and numerous lectures into 8 minutes!
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Osmosis -nice user name...I am a little girl but I believe I can do big things. My dream is to be a doctor , but what really is my big big dream is to find a cure for the Alzheimer disease and cancer..Thank you for this information I will keep learning more in this subject
me too! i am 14 and i want to be a doctor so i watch these videos because i love it and i want to learn as much as i can. these videos are the best because even i can understand them
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These are by far the most helpful medical videos I've come across! I love how concepts are clearly and concisely explained, relevant information included. I got more from these 10min videos than from hours of lecture and reading textbooks. Thanks so much, you guys are doing an incredible job!
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My grandmother has Alzheimer’s or dementia. Once she didn’t recognize photos of her deceased husband, and has forgotten what relation my deceased father (her son) was to her. I hope that one day Alzheimer’s and all other forms of dementia will be cured. 💜
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When it comes to neurology, we all are helpless as these diseases don't have a definitive cure.
Hope this field grows faster!
At this moment prevention looks like the only way of slowing it down. Dr Bredesen is doing research for trying to prevent Alzheimer's. He is hoping to reverse the symptoms.
Helping teachers and students equally ❤.
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I work as a PhD student in Neuroscience and Bioinformatics and I think your work it's pretty solid and good. Thank you guys!!!
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A note for my future self: we're on the 5th week of the medical students strike right now and I feel lost trying to catch up with everything alone at home I'm not even motivated but I'm trying my best I got this
I finally understand the actual biology behind this disease. Life saver for my final!!!
This is so much better than the script our neuro professor made for us. You are fantastic! Thanks!!
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Fantastic video. Clarity and simplicity are the keys to understanding. Thanks!
Thanks! 😊
Thank you for putting a lot of time, effort and detail into this video. As a Physiotherapist, on my new channel I am trying to educate as many people as I can on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. I put up a video telling people that forgetting why you entered a room is a normal part of aging, and to not worry yourself about it. Let’s keep up the good work together and keep the videos coming!
the vision in the description is so cute, thank you for your efforts honestly🥺❤
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Fantastic video! Studying for medschool exams and this explained AD in such a clear and concise way.
Incredibly helpful with an excellent presentation. Thanks so much!
+Charles Jacocks We're really glad that you found it useful. You're very welcome.
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Thank you for your precious help ! You have no idea how much you make it easier , May GOD bless you !
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this video is the best one I've come across explaining Alzheimer's . thank you so much!!
Wow, thank you, Alanna! 😊
I agree, but to understand this video, you must at least know ninth grade biology, which many people doesn't know. But still, great video, Keep it up
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Do you know how much I love you gus and how grateful I am. You are AMAZING !!!!
Wow, thank you! ❤️
HANDS DOWN THE BEST VIDEO SO FAR!
one of the best channel on youtube when it comes to medicine
Highly thankful for this video.. 😊
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I can't thank you enough, you helped me a lot! it's a talent to make a complicated subject so simple and interesting. THANK YOU
I literally am an english student and i feel like this would be so much helpful if i was a pharmacy student or something .
I've just come across your channel. As a medical student this is a wonderful starting point. Thank you!
I can’t find the proper words to thank u osmosis
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This video really helped me for the boards
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You've just made my exam more easier! Thank you. ✨
As I prepare for my upcoming practical test tomorrow.... Big thumbs up! :)
Nice video of Alzheimer's disease.I understood Alzheimer's disease very well. Thank you for making this video.
I want to say thank you soooo much deeply from my heart for you guys osmosa team. With all your videos, i can learn for my exam just for 10 mins. And i am not just remembering the word or medicine or patho or anatomy it but i understand and stick on my brain fpr long term. Just need to read little more for the drugs from the book. You make me smarter. Oh thanks you, i just cant pay all of your kindness. May god bless you all. Love. Rifa
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Thank you for your work! I can't understand why professors in expensive universities can't teach like this.
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I think this is one of the best explanations about alzheimers....thanks for the video...❤
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this is the best presentation I have ever watched so far. thanks a lot!
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this soothed my visual learning brain, i wish i could find the words to show how much this helped me
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After discussing with some people working with numerous patient affecter by this disease, I've learned that this disease seems to act like a chronological undoing of the brain. The patient gradually forget about more recent memories and abilities, and seem to go through the stage of human maturation in reverse. It seems strange to me that "random" cell degeneration would lead to such a process instead of a more random loss of function and memories.
Chronological undoing of the brain is definitely a great way to explain what Alzheimers appears to be. It happens like that because a lot of the plaques and tangles start in the hippocampus (where recent memories and hearings are formed) and then spread into different regions of the brain eventually to the area in the brain that regulates heart and breathing killing the patient. The spread of the plaques and tangles cause the "chronological" phases of the Alzheimers.
Alzheimers Disease is characterized for the randomness of the progression that the neurons die. Not all cases are the same although there is a set of stages from start to finish. Other dementias are characterized other ways. Frontotemporal demetia begins in the frontal lobe and the section on the side of the brain. Vascular dementia is clogging of the blood vessels through the brain thus killing off neurons,
My mother who's just 55 is suffering from this. I can't cry more😭😭
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Great work team osmosis ❤aplausable job. U are giving education to lots of students across the world. 😇
The Best one i have ever seen. I have been studying it and found it very difficult to understand but this made that too easy for me.... Thanks Osmosis!!!!!!
Pathophysiology of alzheimers was confusing everywhere but with your explanation i have found my answers.
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Thank you so much, Osmosis, this helped me a lot for my assignment.
Hi Christina! Our pleasure to be of help! Hope you enjoyed learning through Osmosis! 😊
My father was diagnosed of Alzheimer's disease recently. I know there is no cure, but I understand that exercise is still the best form of treatment for the symptoms and should be the main focus before meds. He's on the meds, so let's put that aside. So for exercise my doctor warned me that if he gets too strong he could hurt people as his confusion increases. So the advice was only walking. I'd love any feedback on this, thank you
Thank you so much❤ I'm using this for my seminar the mechanism of Alzheimer
God bless you good job ❤🙏🏻
Glad it was helpful! 💖
I had this topic to elaborate and was not able how to because all the causing factors ,NFT ,Tau are getting me confused ,now they r just superb cleared
My dads grandma had this she lost her memory keep up the great work
Very neat to learn all the points are hidden over hear ... It is more enough for students .... Thanks a lot osmosis 👍
I feel like a great dr after seeing your videos
the treatment bit can be improved vastly, the most important bit is understanding the mechanisms of the treatment
Best simplification ever!
After watching ur videos i always get cleared about the topic thankx
The explanation is so great. I satisfied with it. Thanks a lot!
Thankyou Very Much... Tomorrow is My paper of clinical Bio.chem.
I really appreciate the details you shared in this video. 👍👍👍
It made me clearer about what is happen with my mom's brain.🙏
Glad it was helpful! Keeping your mom and your family in our thoughts today. 🙏🏼
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Thank you so much, this is super helpful! As someone who is just beginning to get to grips with the neurobiology of Alzheimer's you''ve really helped a gal out!
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Please write your sources i need them for my research 🙏
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Best video on Alzheimer's disease... thanks.
Please create playlists. Thank you
Thank you so much for adding your references! It helps so much!
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Thnx for the very helpful information I have an exam tomorrow and I feel like I'm more then ready now
Keep it up !
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Thank you for the explanation, as always your videos are fully informative.
I think i'm going crazy for this disease. I'm just so scared of someone i love gets this i don't know how to take it. The more i learn about this the more i understand it's innevitable for some people. Thank you for such a detailed explanation of the brain cells's plaques and tangles.
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Thank you alotttt osmosis and your team man!! it's help me alot❤
Happy to hear that! 💕
Very clear, concise, and concrete. I looked at the First Aid book and everything said in this video and some correlated with the material. I will starting these videos more often to take my understanding and studying to another level. Thank you!!
Fantastic, in fact brilliant, such great graphics, explanation and content. So helpful
This video is amazing. it made me understand this topic a lot easier, thanks for making it.
Thanks so much for this video dude , You don't have a idea of how your explication help me.
It's just Everything need to be known ,so simple and great conceptual teaching ,thanku so much for this amazing knowledge
We're glad to help 😊
thanks for these video's these build up my concepts clearly n help me a lot in understanding things which are difficult....thank you osmosis
Slightly more detailed than Khan Academy. Thanks
Explained it way better than my lecturer
Thank you so much! So helpful, would you consider doing a video on Parkinson's Disease..?
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yes also a video on meningitis
omg this is going to help me pass my exam. I was soooooooo confused! Now its clearer, Thank you!!
Thanks for the informative video!
Most welcome! 💕
That was the easiest and explicit explanation! Thank you 😊
If you're interested in research that looks at possible root causes for Alzheimer's, check out the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen. He had a 2018 study in the Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism. The study is titled: "Reversal of Cognitive Decline: 100 patients." It's fascinating stuff!
This was so nicely explained,I also want to present case like this ,how I will be able to do this.
God, thank you for loving your people who have Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Thank you for miraculous memory recurrences. Thank you for miraculous speech. Thank you for miraculous functions and for granddaughters and grandsons who care In Jesus mighty name. Amen 🙏
Just a quick edit - Short-term memory ISN'T remembering what you had for breakfast. Remembering recent events is still Long-Term Memory (Episodic), and the unability to do so is called anterograde amnesia (inability to form new memories). Short-Term Memory (also noted as Working Memory and sometimes used interchangeably) refers to the memory of the now - spanning back SECONDS, not hours - it is what helps you remember the beginning of your sentence, do mental calculations, remember a phone number being said to you as you type it up in your phone, etc. It's also what is impaired temporarily when someone's high on weed, for example.
But still, very helpful video! :)
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This is the best video ever. thank you so much.
What an amazing channel. Super helpful. Thank you osmosis!
Great explanation of Alzheimer’s disease. Thank you!
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This literally explained AD to me in 10 mins which my lecturer failed to do in a 2 hour lecture!!
This is an amazing description and explanation. Thank you!
If you liked this video, look at the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen at Duke University! He looks at possible root causes of Alzheimer's such as: pathogens/gut infections, intestinal permeability of the gut (leaky gut), microbiome imbalances, insulin resistance, nutrient deficiencies, hormone imbalances, and toxin exposures!
the best simplfied explanation of the disease till now on youtube. love it
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Brilliant work👍👍👍.Thank you so much guys
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Great summary, very informative! What about the benefits of a Healthy diet, Exercise and Happy social relations? Surely that must play a role in maintaining brain cells
I totally agree with you
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You make me smarter everytime i watch one of these!
Outstanding DEAR Sir ,Now completely understood....thanks
My mom just told me my great grandma has it, pray for her everyone 🙏
Thanx man! Sharp Clear and Simple. Exellent job! Keep it up
If you liked this video, you may also want to know that it's estimated that 45 million out of the 328 million people in the U.S. will have Alzheimers! That's 13.7%!!