Alzheimer’s Disease: A Decreased Cerebral Blood Flow to Critical Intraneuronal Elements Is the Cause
Harry S. Goldsmith
Abstract
Normally, an adequate cerebral blood flow arrives at individual cerebral neurons in which the blood flow augments activity of intraneuronal mitochondria, which is the source of intraneuronal ATP, the energy source of cerebral neurons. With a decrease in cerebral blood flow that can occur as a function of normal aging phenomena, less blood results in decreased mitochondria, decreased ATP, and a decrease in neuronal activity, which can eventually lead to Alzheimer's disease. It has been found that placement of the omentum directly on an Alzheimer's disease brain can lead to improved cognitive function.
Topics & Concepts
Cerebral blood flowNeuroscienceDiseaseMitochondrionAlzheimer's diseaseBlood flowInternal medicineMedicineEndocrinologyPsychologyChemistryBiochemistryAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNuclear Receptors and SignalingCancer-related cognitive impairment studies