Menopause, obesity and inflammation: interactive risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder, the development of which is regulated by several environmental and genetic risk factors. Two factors theorized to contribute to the initiation and/or progression of AD pathogenesis are age-related increases in inflammation and...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amy eChristensen, Christian J Pike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00130/full