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DISEASE
INTRODUCTION
Dementia
TYPES OF DEMENTIA
Alzheimers Disease
Vascular Dementia
Mixed Dementia
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(AD)
Accumulation of the protein fragment betaamyloid(plaques) outside neurons in the brain and
twisted strands of the protein tau(tangles) inside
neurons
ETIOLOGY
Genetic Mutations
Age
Family history
Education
PATHOGENESIS
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SYMPTOMS
Memory loss
Poor judgment
DIAGNOSIS
Biomarkers test
PROGNOSIS
TREATMENT
Pharmacologic treatment
Using medication, increase neurotransmitters in
brain
Non-pharmacologic treatment
Physical therapy
PREVENTION
Pre-clinical AD
Education
BIOINFORMATIS IN AD STUDIES
Ayur-informatics: Establishing an in-silico-ayurvedic medication for
Alzheimers disease
Mucuna pruriens
Nardostachys
jatamansi
Canscora decussata
METHODOLOGY
1.
Modeller9v7
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RAMPAGE
5.
Argus Lab
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Hex 5.1
7.
PATCHDOCK
RESULTS
3D structure of APP obtained by homology
modeling was analyzed by Rampage
Ramchandran plot server
Number of residues in favored
region(~98.0% expected): 381 (92.9%)
Number of residues in allowed
region(~2.0% expected): 22 (5.4%)
Number of residues in outlier region :
7(1.7%)
SUMMARY
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Mohini Gore*, Preenon Bagchi, Desai N.S.
and Ajit Kar in Ayur-informatics: Establishing
an in-silico-ayurvedic medication for
Alzheimers disease
Joseph Gaugler, Ph.D., Bryan James, Ph.D.,
Tricia Johnson, Ph.D., Ken Scholz, Ph.D., and
Jennifer Weuve, M.P.H., Sc.D., in the
preparation of 2014 Alzheimers Disease
Facts and Figures.