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Article: Oxidative stress and Alzheimer disease.
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- Alternative Medicine Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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Oxidative stress and Alzheimer disease. Christen Y. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;71:621S-629S.
Research in the field of molecular biology has helped to provide a better understanding of both the cascade of biochemical events that occurs with Alzheimer disease (AD) and the heterogeneous nature of the disease. One hypothesis that accounts for both the heterogeneous nature of AD and the fact that aging is the most obvious risk factor is that free radicals are involved. The probability of this involvement is supported by the fact that neurons are extremely sensitive to attacks by destructive free radicals. Furthermore, lesions are present in the brains of AD patients that are ...