A Critical Intracellular Trigger for the Development of Alzheimer's Disease

Multiple Choice

A critical intracellular trigger for the development of Alzheimer's disease is

A) overproduction of the short form of the ?-amyloid protein.
B) reduced amounts of the tau protein in brain cells.
C) overproduction of the long form of the ?-amyloid protein.
D) an unfolding of the long form of the ?-amyloid protein.
E) induction of apoptosis within hippocampal neurons.