Why Women Are Predisposed to Alzheimer’s Disease

Authors

  • keqiang ye Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7657-8154

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk637

Keywords:

Menopause, FSH, Estrogen, Alzheimer’s disease, Aged women

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) exhibits progressive dementia, profound disability, and impaired quality of life. Globally, there are more than 50 million AD patients, over two-thirds of which are women. The cause behind this gender difference had remained unclear for decades until FSH (follicle stimulating hormone), a hormone that dramatically increases in women after menopause, was recently found to trigger this phenomenon.

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Published

2022-06-17

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022)

Section

Neurobiology

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