What happens to the brain of an Alzheimer's patient?

What happens to the brain of an Alzheimer's patient?

Gus Alva (Medical Director, ATP Clinical Research) gives expert video advice on: What is "Alzheimer's disease"?; How can I identify the first stage of Alzheimer's disease?; What happens to the brain of an Alzheimer's patient? and more...

The brain literally starts to atrophy, or shrink. We basically see that the space in between these noodle-like formations that the brain is made of start to get wider. The brain matter itself starts to thin out. The ventricles look larger, and literally as this illness is getting worse, there's a gradual atrophy or loss of volume that the brain takes on.