Article
Investigating the impact of anaesthesia and surgery on Alzheimer's disease and the potential therapeutic role of Statin
2016-01-01
Abstract excerpt
This study examines the impact of general anaesthesia, surgery and perioperative atorvastatin on Alzheimer's disease pathology in mice. A progressive neurodegenerative condition of complex aetiology, Alzheimer's is a common cause of dementia in humans but has no disease modifying treatment. Its long pre-symptomatic phase and lack of known biomarkers means asymptomatic individuals are exposed to modifiable risk fac...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- 0579e7af-821a-5908-a993-c4d34ffa3f7a
- DOI
- 10.25560/58257
