▁a ▁small ▁amount ▁of ▁s ph ing ol ip id ▁activ ator ▁prote ins ▁in ▁the ▁neur ons . ▁ β - amy lo id , ▁a ▁pe pt ide ▁involved ▁in ▁Al z heimer ' s ▁disease , ▁is ▁also ▁seen ▁in ▁this ▁protein ▁accum ulation . ▁ ▁Di agn osis ▁ ▁A ▁patient ’ s ▁DNA ▁is ▁sequ enced ▁from ▁a ▁blood ▁sample ▁with ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁A BI ▁Big ▁D ye ▁Term in ator ▁v . 3 . 0 ▁k it . ▁Since ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁gen etic ▁disease , ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁diagn osis ▁lies ▁in ▁ident ifying ▁gen etic ▁mut ations ▁or ▁chrom os om al ▁ab normal ities . ▁The ▁DNA ▁sequence ▁can ▁be ▁run ▁with ▁CL N 8 ▁S anger ▁sequ encing ▁or ▁CL N 8 ▁Target ed ▁Famil ial ▁Mut ations ▁whether ▁its ▁single , ▁double , ▁or ▁triple ▁ex on ▁sequ encing . ▁Also , ▁pre lim inary ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁disease ▁can ▁be ▁detected ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁M RI ▁and ▁E EG . ▁These ▁tests ▁identify ▁li pid ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁brain , ▁and ▁any ▁anom aly ▁from ▁the ▁norm ▁may ▁be ▁linked ▁to ▁Northern ▁ep ile ps y . ▁ ▁Tre at ment ▁ ▁Current ▁available ▁treatment ▁is ▁limited ▁to ▁tre ating ▁the ▁sympt oms , ▁not ▁the ▁cause . ▁Se iz ure ▁frequency ▁can ▁be ▁reg ulated ▁by ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁dru gs ▁such ▁as ▁Cl on az ep am ▁( or ▁other ▁ben z odia ze p ines )