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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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/60304 |