Question

The brain disease caused due to accumulation of amyloid $\beta$ -peptide is

• A. Addison's disease
• B. Huntington's disease
• C. Parkinson's disease
• D. Alzheimer's disease

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Alzheimer's disease

Answer 2

Amyloid- $\beta$ are crucially involved in Alzheimer's disease. It is the main component of amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer patients. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease often diagnosed in people over 65 years of age.