Comprehensive review on Alzheimer's disease: causes and treatment

Z Breijyeh, R Karaman - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a disorder that causes degeneration of the cells in the brain and
it is the main cause of dementia, which is characterized by a decline in thinking and …

Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine

F Mauvais-Jarvis, NB Merz, PJ Barnes, RD Brinton… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Clinicians can encounter sex and gender disparities in diagnostic and therapeutic
responses. These disparities are noted in epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical …

Effects of air pollution on the nervous system and its possible role in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders

LG Costa, TB Cole, K Dao, YC Chang, J Coburn… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent extensive evidence indicates that air pollution, in addition to causing respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases, may also negatively affect the brain and contribute to central …

Involvement of lipids in Alzheimer's disease pathology and potential therapies

H Chew, VA Solomon, AN Fonteh - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lipids constitute the bulk of the dry mass of the brain and have been associated with healthy
function as well as the most common pathological conditions of the brain. Demographic …

A causal perspective on dataset bias in machine learning for medical imaging

C Jones, DC Castro, F De Sousa Ribeiro… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
As machine learning methods gain prominence within clinical decision-making, the need to
address fairness concerns becomes increasingly urgent. Despite considerable work …

Alzheimer's pathogenic mechanisms and underlying sex difference

D Zhu, A Montagne, Z Zhao - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
AD is a neurodegenerative disease, and its frequency is often reported to be higher for
women than men: almost two-thirds of patients with AD are women. One prevailing view is …

Apolipoprotein E genotype and sex risk factors for Alzheimer disease: a meta-analysis

SC Neu, J Pa, W Kukull, D Beekly, A Kuzma… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance It is unclear whether female carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele are
at greater risk of developing Alzheimer disease (AD) than men, and the sex-dependent …

Biological subtypes of Alzheimer disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Ferreira, A Nordberg, E Westman - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To test the hypothesis that distinct subtypes of Alzheimer disease (AD) exist and
underlie the heterogeneity within AD, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis …

Menopause impacts human brain structure, connectivity, energy metabolism, and amyloid-beta deposition

L Mosconi, V Berti, J Dyke, E Schelbaum, S Jett… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
All women undergo the menopause transition (MT), a neuro-endocrinological process that
impacts aging trajectories of multiple organ systems including brain. The MT occurs over …

Endogenous and exogenous estrogen exposures: how women's reproductive health can drive brain aging and inform Alzheimer's prevention

S Jett, N Malviya, E Schelbaum, G Jang… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
After advanced age, female sex is the major risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease
(AD), the most common cause of dementia affecting over 24 million people worldwide. The …