Despite the presence of plaques and tangles and brain shrinkage -- what appeared to be unquestionable Alzheimer's -- the nuns who had belonged to these brains showed no signs of having the disease while they were alive.
Apesar da presença de placas,  emaranhados e encolhimento cerebral — o que parecia  ser inquestionavelmente Alzheimer — as freiras a quem estes cérebros  tinham pertencido não apresentavam sinais de terem a doença enquanto estavam vivas.