[HTML][HTML] Both male and female APPswe/PSEN1dE9 mice are impaired in spatial memory and cognitive flexibility at 9 months of age

LA Hulshof, LA Frajmund, D van Nuijs… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia. Despite many years of
research, very limited treatment options are available. Here we aim to establish a well …

Sex differences in onset and progression of cerebral amyloid angiopathy

EA Koemans, JP Castello, I Rasing, JR Abramson… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) disease course is highly variable even in
hereditary forms. Sex may be a possible modifying factor. We investigated biological sex …

Amyloid, vascular, and resilience pathways associated with cognitive aging

P Vemuri, TG Lesnick, DS Knopman… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the multifactorial processes underlying cognitive aging based on
the hypothesis that multiple causal pathways and mechanisms (amyloid, vascular, and …

Multimodal neuroimaging of sex differences in cognitively impaired patients on the Alzheimer's continuum: greater tau-PET retention in females

L Edwards, R La Joie, L Iaccarino, A Strom… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
We assessed sex differences in amyloid-and tau-PET retention in 119 amyloid positive
patients with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. Patients …

[HTML][HTML] APOE genotype and sex modulate Alzheimer's disease pathology in aged EFAD transgenic mice

D Balu, AC Valencia-Olvera, Z Islam… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Increasing evidence supports that age, APOE and sex interact to modulate Alzheimer's
disease (AD) risk, however the underlying pathways are unclear. One way that AD risk …

Bilberry anthocyanins improve neuroinflammation and cognitive dysfunction in APP/PSEN1 mice via the CD33/TREM2/TYROBP signaling pathway in microglia

J Li, R Zhao, Y Jiang, Y Xu, H Zhao, X Lyu, T Wu - Food & function, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Alzheimer's disease, characterized by neuroinflammation and beta-amyloid protein plaques,
is a memory-threatening neurodegenerative disease with no effective treatment. Here, the …

Women can bear a bigger burden: ante-and post-mortem evidence for reserve in the face of tau

LA Digma, JR Madsen, RA Rissman… - Brain …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we aimed to assess whether women are able to withstand more tau before
exhibiting verbal memory impairment. Using data from 121 amyloid-β-positive Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] Sexual dimorphism in neurodegenerative diseases and in brain ischemia

T Zalewska, P Pawelec, K Ziabska, M Ziemka-Nalecz - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epidemiological studies and clinical observations show evidence of sexual dimorphism in
brain responses to several neurological conditions. It is suggested that sex-related …

Sex difference in biological change and mechanism of Alzheimer's disease: From macro-to micro-landscape

SS Cui, QW Jiang, SD Chen - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•AD disproportionally affects women in the development, progression and clinical
presentation of AD.•Our review summarized sex differences in biological change of AD from …

A lifecourse perspective on female sex-specific risk factors for later life cognition

A Peterson, SE Tom - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is
greater in women compared to men. We provide a review of female sex-specific risk factors …