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Public Release: 24-Dec-2008
Neuron
Brain starvation as we age appears to trigger Alzheimer’s
A slow, chronic starvation of the brain as we age appears to be a major trigger of a biochemical process that causes some forms of Alzheimer’s disease. A new study from Northwestern University has found when the brain doesn’t get enough sugar glucose — as when cardiovascular disease restricts blood flow to the brain — a process is launched that produces the sticky clumps of protein that appear to be a cause of Alzheimer’s.
NIH/National Institute on Aging, MetLife Foundation, Northwestern University
Contact: Marla Paul
Marla-Paul@northwestern.edu
312-503-8928
Northwestern University