Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are both diseases affecting the central nervous system
and they share some similar characteristics. Which of the following is only true for
Alzheimer’s disease?
(a) Patients suffer from the degeneration of nerve cells in the brain.
(b) Symptoms can be treated with medications that increase acetylcholine in the
brain.
(c) It mostly affects people over the age of 55 and presently has no cure.
(d) Patients lack a neurotransmitter essential for normal brain functioning