Brain energy rescue: an emerging therapeutic concept for neurodegenerative disorders of ageing

SC Cunnane, E Trushina, C Morland… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
The brain requires a continuous supply of energy in the form of ATP, most of which is
produced from glucose by oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria, complemented by …

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 …

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 …

Sex steroids and the female brain across the lifespan: insights into risk of depression and Alzheimer's disease

C Barth, A Crestol, AMG de Lange… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Despite widespread sex differences in prevalence and presentation of numerous illnesses
affecting the human brain, there has been little focus on the effect of endocrine ageing. Most …

Consideration of sex and gender in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders from a global perspective

MM Mielke, NT Aggarwal, C Vila‐Castelar… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sex or gender differences in the risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD)
differ by world region, suggesting that there are potentially modifiable risk factors for …

[HTML][HTML] Sex and gender driven modifiers of Alzheimer's: the role for estrogenic control across age, race, medical, and lifestyle risks

A Rahman, H Jackson, H Hristov… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Research indicates that after advanced age, the major risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's
disease is female sex. Out of every three AD patients, two are females with postmenopausal …

Sex and gender considerations in Alzheimer's disease: The Women's Brain Project contribution

L Castro-Aldrete, MV Moser, G Putignano… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The global population is expected to have about 131.5 million people living with Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and other dementias by 2050, posing a severe health crisis. Dementia is a …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of menopause hormone therapy on risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia

M Nerattini, S Jett, C Andy, C Carlton… - Frontiers in aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Despite a large preclinical literature demonstrating neuroprotective effects of
estrogen, use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk …

Sex-driven modifiers of Alzheimer risk: a multimodality brain imaging study

A Rahman, E Schelbaum, K Hoffman, I Diaz, H Hristov… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To investigate sex differences in late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) risks by
means of multimodality brain biomarkers (β-amyloid load via 11C-Pittsburgh compound B …

Recent advancement in understanding of Alzheimer's disease: Risk factors, subtypes, and drug targets and potential therapeutics

S Prabha, M Sajad, GM Hasan, A Islam… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a significant neocortical degenerative disorder characterized by
the progressive loss of neurons and secondary alterations in white matter tracts …