Article
Genetic influences on oxidative stress and their association with normal cognitive ageing.
Neuroscience letters - 30 Sept 2005
Kachiwala Swati J, Harris Sarah E, Wright Alan F, Hayward Caroline, Starr John M, Whalley Lawrence J, Deary Ian J
Abstract excerpt
Oxidative stress is hypothesised to play a major role in ageing processes. Reactive oxygen species produced during normal aerobic metabolism damage cellular macromolecules. The brain is particularly susceptible to oxidative stress due to its high rate of aerobic metabolism. We hypothesised that polymorphisms in genes contributing to antioxidant defences are associated with variation in normal cognitive ageing in...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
