Alzheimer’s disease leads to nerve cell death and tissue loss throughout the brain. Over time, the brain shrinks dramatically, affecting nearly all its functions.

These images show:

• A brain without the disease

• A brain with advanced Alzheimer’s

• How the two brains compare

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