The number of women with Alzheimer’s disease is twice that of men [Women are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease after menopause] Currently, at least 50 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Epidemiological surveys have shown that the number of women with Alzheimer’s disease is twice as high as that of men, but the cause of this phenomenon has not been clear. On March 3, Ye Keqiang, chair professor of School of Life and Health, Shenzhen University of Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the team of Ye Keqiang, Institute of Brain Cognition and Brain Disease, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published the latest research results in “Nature”. The suspect made an important explanation. The research team revealed for the first time that an increase in follicle-stimulating-hormone (FSH) is an important reason why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than men. Studies have shown that after menopause, the follicle-stimulating hormone content in the body of women will increase sharply to 10 times to dozens of times, while the follicle-stimulating hormone in the elderly men of the same age only increases by 2-3 times. When the sharply elevated follicle-stimulating hormone binds to receptors on the surface of neurons in the brain, it activates the C/EBPβ/AEP pathway in the brain, leading to Alzheimer’s disease. (Tech Daily, Zeta)
Source: Daily Economic News