What is dementia with Lewy bodies? Alzheimer's Society dementia brain video

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This film looks at dementia with lewy bodies. Dementia with lewy bodies affects about 4% of people with dementia. Lewy bodies are tiny spherical deposits of protein that develop inside nerve cells. To download a transcript of the film, please click here http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=470

Please watch our other videos to see how brain cells function, hear what dementia is, and to hear more about Alzheimer's disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, fronto-temporal dementia and other rarer causes of dementia.

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