Question
Symptoms of this disease can be treated by NMDA receptor antagonists like memantine. Hereditary cases of this disease are often associated with mutations in the genes PSEN-1 and PSEN-2. Patients with Down syndrome are often susceptible to a version of this disease caused by an extra copy of the APP gene. This disease is caused by the cleavage of a protein by beta-secretase and gamma-secretase rather than alpha-secretase. A genetic marker for this disease is the E4 variant of Apolipoprotein E. Treatments for this disease attempt to reduce the number of tau protein“tangles” and beta-amyloid plaques. For 10 points, name this neurodegenerative disease that is the most common cause of dementia. ■END■
ANSWER: Alzheimer’s disease [or AD; accept early-onset Alzheimer’s or late-onset Alzheimer’s; prompt on dementia before read]
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Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Udbhav Bodapati (DII) | University of Delaware A | Swarthmore B | 93 | 10 |
Lucas Shedlock (DII) | Princeton | University of Delaware B | 95 | 10 |
Jasmine Bao (UG) | Swarthmore A | NYU C | 101 | 10 |
Edward | Columbia B | NYU A | 104 | 10 |
Saif Virani (UG) | Fordham | Rowan | 111 | 10 |
Luke McCrory (DII) | NYU B | Lehigh | 112 | 10 |
Emily Bussa (UG) | Maryland | Rutgers | 112 | 10 |