Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are not involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease
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Inflammation and blood clots may be factors in the aging brain 1 0 2and
Bleeding with vascular spasm is sometimes a contributing factor to brain damage in both the old and the fetal brain 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2Argument #8115fd20 1 0 2
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Endotoxemia may be a factor in nerve degeneration only during adult life, but it is sometimes present during pregnancy 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2Argument #e186c611 1 0 2
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In old age, the number of cells in the brain keeps increasing with age 1 0 2and
In the aged brain, glial cells multiply while neurons die 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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