brain in Alzheimer's disease is stuffed with a deadly jam

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An example of metaphor in popular science writing:

"Slicing into her brain, Alzheimer found odd tangles of protein fibres and a sticky plaque called amyloid, so much that the organ was basically stuffed with a deadly jam that had been muffling her memories."

Lauren Slater

Slater, L. (2018). The Drugs That Changed Our Minds. Simon & Schuster.

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