AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

38 - Risk Factors for AD Part 2: Alzheimer's Disease August 2020

Episode Summary

In part 2 of our Risk Factors episodes for August 2020, Naila will go over papers on comorbidities associated with AD, hormonal factors that may explain some of the sex differences in AD risk, and how sleep relates to various aspects of AD. You’ll learn about various approaches to determining AD risk and prevalence in humans, and will also get a view of how the mechanisms of risk factors are studied in animal models. We hope you enjoy!

Episode Notes

In part 2 of our Risk Factors episodes for August 2020, Naila will go over papers on comorbidities associated with AD, hormonal factors that may explain some of the sex differences in AD risk, and how sleep relates to various aspects of AD. You’ll learn about various approaches to determining AD risk and prevalence in humans, and will also get a view of how the mechanisms of risk factors are studied in animal models. We hope you enjoy! 

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Our music is from "Journey of a Neurotransmitter" by musician and fellow neuroscientist Anusha Kamesh; you can find the original piece and her other music on soundcloud under Anusha Kamesh or on her YouTube channel, AKMusic  

 

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