Plaques are deposits of amyloid protein that accumulate in the extracellular spaces of the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and other forebrain structures in people with Alzheimer's disease; they are structure formed from degenerating axons and dendrites in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease
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