阿尔茨海默病的皮质形态表型与TOMM40'523-APOE单质类型有关

Robyn A Honea1, Suzanne Hunt2, Rebecca J Lepping3

  • 1University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.

Neurobiology of aging
|October 7, 2023
PubMed
概括

TOMM40基因,特别是它的短等位基因,与健康衰老和阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 中早期的大脑结构变化有关. 这些变化甚至在认知能力下降之前就出现了,影响了关键区域的大脑形态.

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