Chunk #31 — METHODS — Post-Mortem Data

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Overview and findings from the rush Memory and Aging Project.

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Counts of neuritic plaques diffuse plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles based on silver stain from five brain regions are used to create a global measure of AD pathology [70]. Amyloid load and the density of paired helical filament tau (PHFtau) are determined in eight brain regions and summarized [70].