article_snippet: The amyloid clumps were found inside neurons, or brain cells, that are involved in memory and attention and are among the first to die in normal ageing, as well as in Alzheimer’s.
article_snippet: This points to why those neurons die early.
article_snippet: The lifelong accumulation of amyloid likely contributes to the vulnerability of these cells.
article_snippet: ‘The growing clumps likely damage and eventually kill the neurons.
highlights_snippet: As clumps of protein build up, cells surrounding the memory weaken .
  