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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2012;32(1):23–32. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120430

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Hypothetical Models of AD Lesion Development

Symptom onset may begin once AD pathology reaches a critical threshold, and progress linearly from there (below). It remains an empirical question whether AD lesions cross this threshold as part of a non-linear diathesis (above A) or a steady linear growth process (above B). Autopsy cannot distinguish these alternatives.