LOS ANGELES: Women are at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease because the wiring of the female brain is more prone to damage, experts today revealed.
It has long been known that the female of the species are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia as their male peers.
But, a new study, is the first to explain why that is the case.
The discovery offers hope of new drugs targeting a protective sheath that boosts communication between neurones, scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, said.
Women are at greater risk of being diagnosed with dementia because the female brain is ‘more prone to damage’ that can trigger Alzheimer’s disease, a new study has found.
There are currently 5.4 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, while 850,000 in the UK are battling dementia.
Researchers examined post-mortem brain tissue from five male and five female patients, and compared them to 10 healthy controls to investigate the dementia gender gap.
They focused on a process called degenerative protein modifications (DPMs) – changes believed to cause a loss of brain function…