Metabolic hormones and physical activity as regulators of brain glial cell functions and neuroimmune status

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most prevalent form of dementia worldwide, is characterized by several cellular hallmarks including chronic neuroinflammation. Glial cells, the immune and support cells of the brain, become activated in response to pathological formations in the AD brain and neuroinflam...

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Main Author: Spielman, Lindsay Joy
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/60304