Could the immune system be key to Alzheimer’s disease?, page-6

And neuro-scientist have been exploring the inflammatory process for years............................

Alzheimer is a dual process - "plaques" as everyone knows but also tau neurofibrillary tangles - tau being a protein stabilising axonal transport - within axons, interfering with synaptic connections/signalling

Interestingly a number of genes have been identified which are implicated in multiple forms of dementias

Alzheimer's has a number of forms, familial form and early onset are clearly defined by sets of genes

Quite a few scientific papers out on the matter