In Alzheimer patients, amyloid plaques may cause

a. a breakdown the blood-brain barrier
b. glutamate toxicity to neurons
c. degeneration of the neuron cell bodies
d. a breakdown in the blood-brain barrier and glutamate toxicity to neurons
e. glutamate toxicity to neurons and degeneration of the neuron cell bodies


E

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