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Male Hormone Deficiency May Contribute to Alzheimer's

  • September 28, 2004

Like estrogen loss in older women, decreased levels of testosterone may put aging men at risk for Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from USC found strong suggestions that normal age-related testosterone depletion is one of the important changes that promote Alzheimer's disease in men. The research shows that testosterone has at least two critical brain functions relevant to Alzheimer's disease, it protects neurons from injury, and it reduces levels of beta-amyloid, the protein widely...