AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

76 - The Genetic Landscape of Sex Differences and More in Alzheimer's Disease: September 2020

Episode Summary

In this episode, Judy goes over papers published in September 2020 that focus on sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease. We also cover a few papers that did not quite fit into our other genetics-themed episodes, including AD-related stigma, lewy body dementia and overlapping risk factors of AD and Parkinson’s disease. Tune in to learn more!

Episode Notes

In this episode, Judy goes over papers published in September 2020 that focus on sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease. We also cover a few papers that did not quite fit into our other genetics-themed episodes, including AD-related stigma, lewy body dementia and overlapping risk factors of AD and Parkinson’s disease. Tune in to learn more! 

Sections in this episode: 

APOE 1:10 
Female-specific AD risks 4:45 
CERAD 11:32 
Diabetes 15:25 
Other 16:38  

To learn more about the Bob and Diane Fund, "an award for visual storytelling about Alzheimer's and dementia", make sure you check the website, featuring this year's winner, Jalal Shamsazaran: http://www.bobanddianefund.org/

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Today's episode was scripted by Judy Cheng and Shruti Kochhar, and hosted and edited by Judy Cheng. Big thanks to Elyn Rowe and Jacques Ferreira for sorting all the papers published in September into themes for our episodes, and props to the team that  works very hard behind the scenes to make all this possible. 

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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