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 e emaranhados e do encolhimento do cérebro, o que com certeza parecia ser Alzheimer, os cérebros daquelas freiras não apresentaram sinais da doença enquanto estavam vivas.