Alzheimer's Disease is characterized by an impediment in the dopamine regulation function in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is involved in many functions including: memory, mood, cognition and behavior. In Alzheimer's Disease a lack of dopamine production in the brain causes symptoms such as: memory loss and impaired cognitive functioning.
Deterioration
in neurons that produce acetylcholine is an underlying Alzheimer's disease. <span>Acetylcholine
is an organic chemical that functions as a neurotransmitter at neuromuscular
junctions, at synapses, in the ganglia of the visceral motor
system, and at a variety of sites within the central nervous
system in the brain and body of many types of animals, including
humans. A neurotransmitter is a substance released by </span>synaptic terminals
for the purpose of transmitting information from one nerve cell to another.
Gametes are the reproductive cells or sex cells of an organism, found in both males and females. When they go through meiosis, the daughter cells end up with genetically unique chromosomes.
