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SUBMITTER: Hara Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340342 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hara Yuko Y McKeehan Nicholas N Fillit Howard M HM
Neurology 20181207 2
Aging is the leading risk factor for most chronic illnesses of old age, including Alzheimer disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disease with currently no therapies that prevent, slow, or halt disease progression. Like other chronic diseases of old age, the progressive pathology of AD begins decades before the onset of symptoms. Many decades of research in biological gerontology have revealed common processes that are relevant to understanding why the aging brain is vulnerable to AD. In ...[more]