Young Adults With Risk of Alzheimer's Have Different Brain Activity »
Posted By SenorCoconut 8 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsYoung adults with the APOE4 gene variant show changes in their brain activity decades before any Alzheimer's symptoms might arise.
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mesamanp478 months, 3 weeks ago
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Most interesting, I will be lecturing on disorders of delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders tomorrow and will focus on the APOE4 variants as possible precursors To Alzheimers. If so, does it follow that APOE can identify Picks Disorder and Lewy Body Disorder as well? Perhaps. I thank you for the information.
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SenorCoconut8 months, 3 weeks ago
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To my knowledge APOE4 has been linked to an increased risk of late onset Alzheimer’s, and in Alzheimer’s with Lewy bodies, and results of a study suggest that APOE4 may be a susceptibility factor for dementia and not specifically for Alzheimer’s.
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Here is a link to that study:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/exnr.1995.1093
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