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Alzheimer´s Disease (AD) is the most common form of neurodegenerative disease and was first diagnosed by the German psychiatrist, Alois Alzheimer in 1906. AD is characterized pathologically by the presence of senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and massive loss of neurons in selected brain regions. The amyloid peptides deposited in senile plaques are produced by proteolytic processing of amyloid precursor protein.

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Author is Senior Lecturer in Medical Science department at Oxford House College,London. As a versatile academician, she has been actively involved in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the UK and overseas.

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