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 The effects of this disease are often devastating. Plaques, which are abnormal cluster of protein fragments nursing , build up on the nerve cells of the brain. These amyloids inhibit the interaction between the neurons and cause the nerve cells to lose their vital connections.



 Eventually, as the disease progresses, dead and dying nerves form tangles, twisted strands of other proteins that further shut down the electrical communication so vital to these nerve cells. Scientists are not quite sure what causes cell death and tissue loss in the Alzheimer's brain, but plaques and tangles are prime suspects and may be responsible for causing Alzheimer's devastating effect on the brain.


Scientists can study under a microscope and see the devastating effects of these continually dying cells. The brain of an Alzheimer's patient has much fewer nerve cells and synapses than a healthy brain. Gradually the brain deprived of nourishment, shrinks and dies. Presently, there is no cure. The five medications available today can only temporarily ease Alzheimer's symptoms. Research is underway, but drugs being developed to combat Alzheimer's might be some years away,


A DOSE OF GREAT ART


Meanwhile, there is hope through creativity for Alzheimer's patients. It has been proven that the devastating effects of Alzheimer's on the brain can be lessened and, to a degree, circumvented through arts and creative activities presented in programs, both participatory and more passive (such as visiting museums, drawing, painting and listening to music), can offer a higher quality of life for patients. Improved communication, thinking skills and memory has been demonstrated in patients that are in a program of visiting art museums and viewing paintings and sculpture. Connecting with art, physically and mentally, to date is seen to bring an improved quality of life to Alzheimer's patients through the factors of what therapists call "sense memory" and "body memory."


Art and creative activities stimulate the brains of Alzheimer's patients, even those that have critical brain loss and are dysfunctional as far as maintaining social relationships, relating to reality, communicating, and taking care of themselves. Art and creative activities relate to the part of the brain that is the last to be effected in Alzheimer's patients and this is why creativity offers hope. Visits to museums and drawing and painting in art classes, increase "sense memory" and "body memory" which increase awareness of self, re-connecting recollections of the past for many Alzheimer's patients. Patients that have previously plied their creative skills are re-stimulated and often begin creating again. Patients that have never painted or drawn can produce artwork that expresses their feelings and often reveal hidden talents.


THE TIMELESS ADVANTAGE


Because of the loss of short-term memory, many Alzheimer's patients are unable to understand or enjoy a movie or a book because they are incapable of remembering the beginning. But a painting is always there, a rich visual stimulating experience with no beginning and no end to remember. And creativity as a visual experience can be a "timeless" act, as well. Many patients that have diminished mental function and have become non-interactive through the onslaught of the disease have exhibited improved communication and interaction through creative activities or through the visual stimulation presented by visits to art museums and galleries.




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