[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of menopause hormone therapy on risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia

M Nerattini, S Jett, C Andy, C Carlton… - Frontiers in aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Despite a large preclinical literature demonstrating neuroprotective effects of
estrogen, use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk …

[HTML][HTML] Ovarian steroid hormones: A long overlooked but critical contributor to brain aging and Alzheimer's disease

S Jett, E Schelbaum, G Jang… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ovarian hormones, particularly 17β-estradiol, are involved in numerous neurophysiological
and neurochemical processes, including those subserving cognitive function. Estradiol plays …

Menopause status moderates sex differences in tau burden: a Framingham PET study

RF Buckley, A O'Donnell, ER McGrath… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Women have a higher lifetime risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) than men. Among
cognitively normal (CN) older adults, women exhibit elevated tau positron emission …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between apolipoprotein E, sex, and amyloid-beta on cerebrospinal fluid p-tau levels in the European prevention of Alzheimer's dementia …

TS Saunders, N Jenkins, K Blennow, C Ritchie… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Alzheimer's Disease, the leading cause of dementia, is over-
represented in females. The apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele is the strongest genetic risk …

Multimodal neuroimaging of sex differences in cognitively impaired patients on the Alzheimer's continuum: greater tau-PET retention in females

L Edwards, R La Joie, L Iaccarino, A Strom… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
We assessed sex differences in amyloid-and tau-PET retention in 119 amyloid positive
patients with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. Patients …

A lifecourse perspective on female sex-specific risk factors for later life cognition

A Peterson, SE Tom - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is
greater in women compared to men. We provide a review of female sex-specific risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] A tale of two systems: Lessons learned from female mid-life aging with implications for Alzheimer's prevention & treatment

A Mishra, Y Wang, F Yin, F Vitali, KE Rodgers… - Ageing research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Neurological aging is frequently viewed as a linear process of decline, whereas in reality, it
is a dynamic non-linear process. The dynamic nature of neurological aging is exemplified …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in off-target binding using tau positron emission tomography

R Smith, O Strandberg, A Leuzy, TJ Betthauser… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Off-target binding in the skull and meninges is observed in some subjects
undergoing tau positron emission tomography (PET) and could potentially differ between …

The Historical Progression of Positron Emission Tomography Research in Neuroendocrinology

J Bini - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid and continual development of a number of radiopharmaceuticals targeting
different receptor, enzyme and small molecule systems has fostered Positron Emission …

Investigating Tau and amyloid tracer skull binding in studies of Alzheimer disease

S Flores, CD Chen, Y Su, A Dincer… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Off-target binding of [18F] flortaucipir (FTP) can complicate quantitative PET analyses. An
underdiscussed off-target region is the skull. Here, we characterize how often FTP skull …