Study shows why women are at greater risk to suffer from Alzheimer's
Brains of women who had died from the condition had substantially higher amounts of complement C3, an inflammatory immune protein, than those of men who had died from the sickness.
Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia that occurs with ageing. It is always fatal, usually within a decade of onset, and there is no approved treatment that can halt the disease process, let alone reverse it
Scientists also don't know fully why women account for nearly two-thirds of cases.
Researchers hypothesized that oestrogen specifically protects women's brains from C3 S-nitrosylation — and this protection is lost when estrogen levels fall sharply with menopause
Researchers also found that oestrogen specifically protects women's brains from C3 S-nitrosylation — and this protection is lost when estrogen levels fall sharply with menopause