* Most experts a normal part of aging, Alzheimer's disease seems not.
* The age is a risk factor for the disease, age alone does not seem to occur.
* Family history is another risk factor. Does not seem to run in some families the disease. However, the case of Alzheimer's disease is less than 10% of the family. Alzheimer's disease, a family that often occurs in young age, between ages 30-60 years old. This family is called early onset Alzheimer's disease.
At least three kinds of genes has been associated with Alzheimer's disease.
* One that we know about most of the protein apolipoprotein E (apoE), cholesterol that helps to distribute throughout the body to control the production of the phone.
* Everyone is in the form of apoE gene 3. However, one type of ad that will protect, another form of disease seems to increase risk.
* Other - separate from the ApoE gene mutations known to be some people who have the disease. The fact that in some rare cases, the cause of the disease.
* Probably other genes that contribute to Alzheimer's disease, but we have not discovered yet.
Many Alzheimer's disease research has focused on why some people can develop on the head was abnormal protein deposits. Once one understands the process, stop the treatment or prevention may be able to develop
