Pathogenesis of Alzheimer′s disease

Russell H SwerdlowDepartment of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USAAbstract: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is incredibly common. Increasing longevity ensures its prevalence will rise even further. Ongoing efforts to understand AD pathogenesis reveal nu...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7260fbb5f0bb47af8c6fc4d692fbcb382021-12-02T00:30:23ZPathogenesis of Alzheimer′s disease1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/7260fbb5f0bb47af8c6fc4d692fbcb382007-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/pathogenesis-of-alzheimerprimes-disease-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998Russell H SwerdlowDepartment of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USAAbstract: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is incredibly common. Increasing longevity ensures its prevalence will rise even further. Ongoing efforts to understand AD pathogenesis reveal numerous tantalizing leads. Formulating a comprehensive AD pathogenesis theory capable of incorporating these disparate leads, though, has proven difficult. This review discusses current attempts to formulate a comprehensive AD pathogenesis theory. In doing so, it focuses on clinical and molecular relationships between AD and aging. A better understanding of these relationships could inform and impact future development of AD-directed treatment strategies.Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, aging, amyloid, cascade, mitochondriaRussell H SwerdlowDove Medical PressarticleGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 2, Pp 347-359 (2007)
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Russell H Swerdlow
Pathogenesis of Alzheimer′s disease
description Russell H SwerdlowDepartment of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USAAbstract: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is incredibly common. Increasing longevity ensures its prevalence will rise even further. Ongoing efforts to understand AD pathogenesis reveal numerous tantalizing leads. Formulating a comprehensive AD pathogenesis theory capable of incorporating these disparate leads, though, has proven difficult. This review discusses current attempts to formulate a comprehensive AD pathogenesis theory. In doing so, it focuses on clinical and molecular relationships between AD and aging. A better understanding of these relationships could inform and impact future development of AD-directed treatment strategies.Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, aging, amyloid, cascade, mitochondria
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