Alzheimer's disease due to loss of function: A new synthesis of the available data

KP Kepp - Progress in neurobiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a highly complex disease involving a broad range of clinical,
cellular, and biochemical manifestations that are currently not understood in combination …

[HTML][HTML] Androgens' effects on cerebrovascular function in health and disease

C Abi-Ghanem, LS Robison, KL Zuloaga - Biology of sex Differences, 2020 - Springer
Androgens affect the cerebral vasculature and may contribute to sex differences in
cerebrovascular diseases. Men are at a greater risk for stroke and vascular contributions to …

Adiposity indicators and dementia over 32 years in Sweden

DR Gustafson, K Backman, M Waern, S Ostling, X Guo… - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Background: High midlife and late-life adiposity may increase risk for dementia. Late-life
decrease in body mass index (BMI) or body weight within several years of a dementia …

Reversal of high fat diet-induced obesity improves glucose tolerance, inflammatory response, β-amyloid accumulation and cognitive decline in the APP/PSEN1 mouse …

JM Walker, S Dixit, AC Saulsberry, JM May… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study assessed the extent to which high fat diet (HFD)-induced β-amyloid accumulation
and cognitive decline in APP/PSEN1 mice are reversible through control of fat intake. Ten …

Is obesity a brain disease?

G Shefer, Y Marcus, N Stern - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
That the brain is involved in the pathogenesis and perpetuation of obesity is broadly self-
intuitive, but traditional evaluation of this relationship has focused on psychological and …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid precursor protein and proinflammatory changes are regulated in brain and adipose tissue in a murine model of high fat diet-induced obesity

KL Puig, AM Floden, R Adhikari, MY Golovko… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Middle age obesity is recognized as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD)
although a mechanistic linkage remains unclear. Based upon the fact that obese adipose …

Slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease; what works?

L Nelson, N Tabet - Ageing research reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related progressive dementia, which is increasing in
prevalence world-wide. Typically affecting short-term memory at onset, this devastating …

Modifiable midlife risk factors for late-life cognitive impairment and dementia

TF Hughes, M Ganguli - Current psychiatry reviews, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
The baby boom generation is approaching the age of greatest risk for cognitive impairment
and dementia. There is growing interest in strategies to modify the environment in midlife to …

Treatment options in Alzheimer's disease: maximizing benefit, managing expectations

MR Farlow, ML Miller, V Pejovic - Dementia and geriatric cognitive …, 2008 - karger.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is becoming an increasingly heavy burden on the society of
developed countries, and physicians now face the challenge of providing efficient treatment …

Body mass index and cognitive function: the potential for reverse causation

CK Suemoto, P Gilsanz, ER Mayeda… - International journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Objective: Higher late life body mass index (BMI) is unrelated to or even predicts lower risk
of dementia in late life, a phenomenon that may be explained by reverse causation due to …