borrowed words - Aluminum and Alzheimer's

Jul 28, 2010 05:31

"Most people have heard of an association between Aluminum and the development of Alzheimer's, although a causal connection seems unlikely. Brain concentrations of aluminum in people with Alzheimer's exceed normal brain concentrations by some 10 to 30 times, but blood and hair aluminum remains normal, indicating that the accumulation is caused by ( Read more... )

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Al and AL... carnivorax July 29 2010, 08:02:23 UTC
I've always had a pet theory that it come from the brain's repair system malfunctioning and trying to use
Aluminum in the place of something truly rare like
Selenium.

Just my two cents.

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