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Study outlines how stroke, head injury can increase risk of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers from the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders have discovered how the death of brain cells caused by a stroke or head injury may cause generation of amyloid-beta protein -- the key component of senile plaques seen in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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