Acquired Abnormality
senile plaque
se·nile plaque
Definitions related to senile plaques:
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Senile plaques are extracellular deposits of amyloid in the gray matter of the brain.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(neuritic plaque) Plaques consist of amyloid deposits surrounded by a web of astrocytic processes, swollen neurites, and neuron terminals; seen in the cerebral cortex in Alzheimer's disease.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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