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Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

U. Uday Chaudhuri
U. Uday Chaudhuri*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata, India

Abstract

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Neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease

Prof. Uday Chaudhuri

In the context of diagnostic validity, biomarkers and etiopathological diagnosis in Psychiatry, 'Neurobiology' is the 'lynchpin'. Neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease can be role model, pathfinder in achieving that 'holy grail' in psychiatry.

My presentation will begin with the first case of Alois Alzheimer about 'Auguste D' in 1906, Tubingen, Germany conference. Then neuropathological changes mainly neurofibrilary tangles (NFTS), Neuritic plaques (Amyloid), granulo-vacuolar degeneration and amyloid angiopathy.

Then applied aspects of neurobiology in the context of genetic testing, potential biomarkers, applied pointers to future therapy and directions

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European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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