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#*#Neurites - swollen axons. | #*#Neurites - swollen axons. | ||
#*Considered to be more specific for Alzheimer's than NF tangles. | #*Considered to be more specific for Alzheimer's than NF tangles. | ||
#**How to remember: '''s'''enile '''p'''laques = '''sp'''ecific. | |||
#*There is a staging system for plaques I (mild), II (moderate), III (severe). | #*There is a staging system for plaques I (mild), II (moderate), III (severe). | ||
#*Images: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/jpeg5/CNS091.jpg senile plaques (utah.edu)]<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/npfrm.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/npfrm.html]. Accessed on: 5 December 2010.</ref> [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cerebral_amyloid_angiopathy_-2a-_amyloid_beta_-_high_mag.jpg senile plaques - beta-APP - high mag. (WC)]. | #*Images: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/jpeg5/CNS091.jpg senile plaques (utah.edu)]<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/npfrm.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/npfrm.html]. Accessed on: 5 December 2010.</ref> [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cerebral_amyloid_angiopathy_-2a-_amyloid_beta_-_high_mag.jpg senile plaques - beta-APP - high mag. (WC)]. | ||