Science writer: Conclusion The deterioration of cognitive faculties associated with Alzheimer's disease is evidently caused by the activities of microgliaβthe brain's own immune cells. βββ βββ ββββββ ββββ βββββββββββββ βββ ββ ββββββ ββ ββββ βββββββββββββββββ ββββββ ββββ ββ βββββββββββββββ βββββ ββββββββββββ ββββββββ ββββ βββββββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββ βββ βββββββ ββ ββββ βββ ββββββ βββββ ββ βββββββββββ βββ βββββ βββββββββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββ βββββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββββββ βββββββ ββββ βββββββ βββββββββββ βββββββ βββββ ββββββ βββββββ βββββββββ βββ βββββββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ
The author concludes that the deterioriation of mental faculties associated with Alzheimerβs is caused by microglia. This is based on the fact that this deterioriation can be slowed by acetylsalicylic acid. In addition, microglia attack certain protein deposits that build up in people with Alzheimerβs, and in the process the microglia damage healthy brain cells.
The author assumes that acetylsalyclic acidβs slowing of deterioration involves slowing or otherwise affecting the activity of microglia.
Which one of the following, ββ βββββ ββββ βββββ ββ βββββββ βββ βββββββ ββββββββ βββββββββ
The inability of βββββββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββββββ βββ βββββββ ββ ββββ βββ βββββ ββ βββ ββ β ββββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ ββββββ βββββββ
Acetylsalicylic acid reduces βββ ββββββββββ ββ ββββββ βββββ ββ βββ ββββββ
The activity of βββββββββ βββββββ ββ β ββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ
The protein BA ββββββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββ βββββββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ
Immune reactions by βββββββββ βββββ ββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ βββββ ββββ ββββββββββββ