Researchers discover link between local oxygen depletion in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease

brain
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain

The study, published in the journal Nature Aging and led by the laboratories of Dr. Alberto Pascual (CSIC), from the Neuronal Maintenance Mechanisms Group, and Prof. Javier Vitorica (University of Seville/CIBERNED) of the Physiopathology of Alzheimer’s Disease Group at IBiS, demonstrates for the first time that low oxygen levels in the so-called senile plaques in the brain reduces the immune system’s defensive capacity against the disease.

The study also suggests that this lack of oxygen in the brain enhances the action of disorders associated with Alzheimer’s that are characterized by low systemic , such as…

Read more…