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December 6, 2006

Cats Can Get Alzheimer's Disease

A new study published in the Journal of Feline Medicine says that cats can develop feline Alzheimer's disease. It is caused by a protein that builds up in the brain much like it does in humans with Alzheimer's.

"We've known for a long time that cats develop dementia, but this study tells us that the cat's neural system is being compromised in a similar fashion to that we see in human Alzheimer's sufferers. The gritty plaques (previously detected on the outside of old cats' brain cells) had only hinted that might be the case -- now, we know," Gunn-Moore said.

Cats Can Get Alzheimer's: Study

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