Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915) is a psychiatrist and a German neuropathologist from the early twentieth century who studied the brains of people with dementia, through a new technique for staining with aniline and silver impregnation.
In 1906, Alois Alzheimer described for the first time the anatomical changes observed in the brain of a patient of 51 years, Auguste D. With dementia, it also presented hallucinations and abnormal orientation. In 1911, Alzheimer discovered a case similar to that of Auguste D.
It is the psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin who suggested that the disease is known as Alzheimer's, named after its discoverer.
In 1906, Alois Alzheimer described for the first time the anatomical changes observed in the brain of a patient of 51 years, Auguste D. With dementia, it also presented hallucinations and abnormal orientation. In 1911, Alzheimer discovered a case similar to that of Auguste D.
It is the psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin who suggested that the disease is known as Alzheimer's, named after its discoverer.
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