I think few people believe amyloid plaques are the sole cause but there is still quite a bit of evidence that amyloid is heavily involved in Alzheimer's. Genet

I think few people believe amyloid plaques are the sole cause but there is still quite a bit of evidence that amyloid is heavily involved in Alzheimer's. Genetically almost all of the genes associated with Alzheimers have to do with the productions or cleaning up of amyloid beta.