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Sleep, cognition, and inflammation following natural or surgical menopause

Project Overview

Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects women and emerging evidence suggests there may be unique biological and lifestyle factors that underlie these differences. A woman’s brain health, for example, may be affected more strongly than a man’s by the presence of APOE-e4, a gene variant linked to Alzheimer’s risk. Nicole Gervais, Ph.D., and colleagues will study how the loss of estrogen due to natural or surgical menopause affects sleep, cognitive function, brain inflammation and brain structure. The researchers will determine how hormone levels relate to sleep quality and levels of inflammatory markers in the blood. The participants will undergo brain imaging to measure changes in areas known to be important for memory function. In addition, the researchers will examine if women who carry the APOE-e4 risk gene show more significant changes in sleep quality, levels of inflammation and cognitive function. The results of this work could shed new light on how hormones and genetics may interact to promote Alzheimer’s risk, possibly through effects on sleep and brain inflammation. A better understanding of these biological mechanisms could suggest ways to reduce risk, or develop targeted treatments to slow or prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

https://www.alz.org/research/for_researchers/grants/funded-studies-details?FundedStudyID=567

 

Principal Investigator

Nicole Gervais , University of Toronto

Partners and Donors

Alzheimer's Association

Project Ongoing

Sleep, cognition, and inflammation following natural or surgical menopause

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2017

  • Total Grant Amount

    $181,295

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