Women have a two-fold higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than men, yet strikingly little is known about how changes in brain function promote this difference—and how early in midlife those changes can be detected. Now, in a population-based study involving more than 200 healthy women and men ages 47 to 55, a team of researchers led by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital reveals specific changes in memory function that correspond to sex and menopausal stage, rather than chronological age. The work implicates key areas of the brain that are vulnerable to age-related decline and highlights the importance of ovarian hormones in maintaining memory function.
from Dementia Big http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-elucidating-sex-differences-alzheimer-disease.html via alcoholic dementia
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