Sex differences in Alzheimer's disease: do differences in tau explain the verbal memory gap?

To determine if sex differences in verbal memory in AD are related to differences in extent or distribution of pathological tau, we studied 275 participants who were amyloid PET positive and carried clinical classifications of normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia, and had ta...

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Published in:Neurobiology of aging 2021-11, Vol.107, p.70-77
Main Authors: Banks, Sarah J., Andrews, Murray J., Digma, Leonardino, Madsen, John, Reas, Emilie T., Caldwell, Jessica Z.K., McEvoy, Linda K., Fan, Chun Chieh, Dale, Anders M., Brewer, James B.
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Language:English
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease - metabolism
Alzheimer Disease - psychology
Alzheimer's
Apolipoproteins E - metabolism
Brain - metabolism
Cognitive Dysfunction - metabolism
Cognitive Dysfunction - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Memory - physiology
Sex Characteristics
Sex differences
Tau
tau Proteins - metabolism
Verbal Behavior - physiology
Verbal memory
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