Amyloid Plaque (Noun)
Meaning
A plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease).
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The presence of an amyloid plaque in the brain tissue is often used as a diagnostic marker for Alzheimer's disease.
- Amyloid plaques were observed in the cerebral cortex of the deceased patient with a history of dementia.
- Researchers have been studying the formation of amyloid plaques in an effort to understand the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
- The buildup of amyloid plaques disrupts normal brain function and contributes to the symptoms of the disease.
- One theory is that the immune system plays a role in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, thus slowing the progression of the disease.