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Could Chimpanzees Develop Dementia? According To Scientist, They Are The First Animal To Share A Similarity To Humans With The Alzheimer’s Disease. They Have Biological Signs, The Proteins Plagues And Tangles Markers, Associated With The Disease. This Discovery May Give Insights Into An Early Diagnosis Of The Disease In Humans.

Chimpanzees Are First Animal Shown to Develop Telltale Markers of Alzheimer's Disease – Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chimpanzees-are-first-animal-shown-to-develop-telltale-markers-of-alzheimers-disease1/

Brain analysis revealed protein plaques and tangles, but whether the animals develop dementia is unclear