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'''Theory''': | '''Theory''': Alzheimer’s disease most commonly affects the hippocampus first, and then the frontal and temporal lobes before it becomes a diffuse process. This slide is overstained, so the characteristic findings are therefore hard to distinguish from background noise.[[File:Alzheimer - NFTs.png|thumb|These nerve cell bodies are stained black as they contain neurofibrillary tangles|left]] | ||
Alzheimer’s disease most commonly affects the hippocampus first, and then the frontal and temporal lobes before it becomes a diffuse process. This slide is overstained, so the characteristic findings are therefore hard to distinguish from background noise.[[File:Alzheimer - NFTs.png|thumb|These nerve cell bodies are stained black as they contain neurofibrillary tangles|left]] | |||
[[Category:Pathology 2 - Histopathology slides]] | [[Category:Pathology 2 - Histopathology slides]] |