Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

RA Armstrong - Folia neuropathologica, 2019 - termedia.pl
Early reviews identified over 20 risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD)
including age, familial inheritance, exposure to aluminium, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and …

[HTML][HTML] APOE genotype and cognition in healthy individuals at risk of Alzheimer's disease: A review

MC O'Donoghue, SE Murphy, G Zamboni, AC Nobre… - cortex, 2018 - Elsevier
APOE-ε4 is best known as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Consequently, there is
considerable research interest in understanding whether APOE-ε4 influences cognition in …

Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

G Davies, M Lam, SE Harris, JW Trampush… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
General cognitive function is a prominent and relatively stable human trait that is associated
with many important life outcomes. We combine cognitive and genetic data from the …

Metabolic network failures in Alzheimer's disease: A biochemical road map

JB Toledo, M Arnold, G Kastenmüller, R Chang… - Alzheimer's & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction The Alzheimer's Disease Research Summits of 2012 and 2015
incorporated experts from academia, industry, and nonprofit organizations to develop new …

Reduced hippocampal volume in healthy young ApoE4 carriers: an MRI study

L O'Dwyer, F Lamberton, S Matura, C Tanner… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The E4 allele of the ApoE gene has consistently been shown to be related to an increased
risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The E4 allele is also associated with functional and …

The apolipoprotein e antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis: review and recommendations

ER Tuminello, SD Han - International journal of Alzheimer's …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Research on apolipoprotein E (APOE) has consistently revealed a relationship between the
gene′ s ε4 allele and risk for development of Alzheimer′ s disease (AD). However …

Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD)–lessons from the animal models

M Mustapha, CMNCM Nassir, N Aminuddin… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) refers to a spectrum of clinical and imaging findings
resulting from pathological processes of various etiologies affecting cerebral arterioles …

The contribution of genetic factors to cognitive impairment and dementia: Apolipoprotein E gene, gene interactions, and polygenic risk

J Fan, W Tao, X Li, H Li, J Zhang, D Wei… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Although it has been
studied for years, the pathogenesis of AD is still controversial. Genetic factors may play an …

Impact of genetic predisposition to late-onset neurodegenerative diseases on early life outcomes and brain structure

NS Ogonowski, LM García-Marín, AS Fernando… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Most patients with late-onset neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and
Parkinson's have a complex aetiology resulting from numerous genetic risk variants of small …

The effects of cholesterol on learning and memory

BG Schreurs - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Cholesterol is vital to normal brain function including learning and memory but that
involvement is as complex as the synthesis, metabolism and excretion of cholesterol itself …