New studies presented at AAIC 2019 reveal that sex-specific differences could play a role in the risk, progression and resilience of Alzheimer’s disease.
Long-term antibiotic treatment may reduce the size of amyloid plaques and could alter the appearance of microglia in the brains of male mice.
In this interview, we spoke with Justin Lathia about sexual dimorphism in glioblastoma, including his talk on sex differences in microglia and the glioma microenvironment.
Research demonstrates that female mice display a unique pattern of fluctuation in sex hormones during the ovarian cycle that could be linked to cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Recent research has reported on the sex-specific differences in microglia, indicating that this could change how we treat neurological diseases.
