Who Discovered The Alzheimer Disease?Dr. Alois AlzheimerAlzheimer’s disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer. In November 1901, he made his first examination of a 51-year-old woman named Auguste Deter. She was experiencing problems with memory and language as well as various psychological problems. These symptoms matched the definition of what was then called dementia, but she was very young to be displaying them, so he diagnosed her as having “presenile dementia”.
In 1906, after she died, he examined her brain and found many abnormal clumps (now called amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (now called neurofibrillary). Dubuc, B. (2017, April 4). History Module: Dr. Alois Alzheimer’s First Cases (A. Daigen, Trans.). Retrieved April 7, 2017, from http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/capsules/histoire_jaune03.html |
Who Was alzheimer's first case?Auguste DeterAuguste Deter died on April 8, 1906. Since Dr. Alzheimer had never seen another case like hers, he obtained her family’s permission to perform an autopsy on her brain. When he examined it, he observed extensive atrophy, especially in the cortex—the thin outer layer of grey matter that is involved in memory, language, judgment, and thought in general.
Dubuc, B. (2017, April 4). History Module: Dr. Alois Alzheimer’s First Cases (A. Daigen, Trans.). Retrieved April 7, 2017, from http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/capsules/histoire_jaune03.html |
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