But a good pathologist can spot advanced Alzheimer's just by looking at the whole brain.
Even people with advanced Alzheimer's are never 'all gone'
If Burny has not been misdiagnosed, he is probably the only advanced Alzheimer's patient in the world to experience prolonged spells of remission.
The ability of sick mice to learn new tasks also offers hope to people with advanced Alzheimer's.
A new study found that it seemed to have a modest effect in alleviating the symptoms of advanced Alzheimer's disease.
People with advanced Alzheimer's may lose the ability to walk, talk, or respond to others.
Even with advanced Alzheimer's disease, Dr. Hutton said, "he still would be cooperative.
Prophet's legal guardian, Murray Steinman, said she suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease and died at her apartment.
She was also ill with advanced Alzheimer's disease since 1995, which left her in poor health for the last two years of her life.
In 1980, at the age of 62, she was finally diagnosed as a victim of advanced Alzheimer's disease, a less understood condition then than it is today.