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For example, APOE4 is a gene variant that increases amyloid, but you can inherit a copy of APOE4 from mom and dad and still never get Alzheimer's, which means that for most of us, our DNA alone does not determine whether we get Alzheimer's.

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During the business of communicating information, in addition to releasing neurotransmitters like glutamate into the synapse, neurons also release a small peptide called amyloid beta.

Normally, amyloid beta is cleared away metabolized by microglia, the janitor cells of our brains.

While the molecular causes of Alzheimer's are still debated, most neuroscientists believe that the disease begins when amyloid beta begins to accumulate.

Too much is released, or not enough is cleared away, and the synapse begins to pile up with amyloid beta.

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