Alzheimer's brain. Composite image of a computer graphic of a vertical (coronal) slice through the brain of an Alzheimer's patient (orange) overlaid on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a normal brain (blue). The Alzheimer's brain is considerably shrunken,due to the degeneration and death of nerve cells. A vitamin E moleculeis shown on the right part of the brain. According to recent studies,vitamin E may slow or halt cognitive decline and effects of Alzheimer's. Atoms are represented as sticks and are colour-coded: carbon (blue),hydrogen (orange) and oxygen (red) | |
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