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Jessica Andrea Gray

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Metals like mercury, lead, and iron may play a part in Alzheimer's disease. However, we still don't fully understand how these metals contribute to the disease. To study this, we need to figure out where these metals are in the brain, how they interact with each other, and how they relate to brain problems. We are using a special X-ray technique called synchrotron micro-X-ray fluorescence (S-µXRF) imaging to look at the metals in the brain and we found that mercury and lead tend to gather together. Also within this study, data analysis was employed to enhance the visibility of synchrotron micro-X-ray fluorescence images for human observation and to determine the presence and location of metals within the brain samples provided.In Alzheimer's brains, it was determined that the mercury and lead groups are bigger and are connected with other metals. We also found that both Alzheimer's patients and healthy people have some mercury and lead in their brains, showing that these metals are all around us. We think that selenium might help to control mercury and lead in the brain, but we need to do more research to see if it's good or bad. We also need to learn more about how mercury and lead group together and how they differ in Alzheimer's and healthy brains. This kind of study can give us new details about how metals affect brain problems, using advanced X-ray techniques. Keywords: [no keywords provided]

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Purdue University / 2024

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Jessica Andrea Gray