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The Anti-AD Hormone?By Editorial Staff Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia affecting older adults. Challenges with memory, thinking and behavior are consequences of the disease. Researchers have discovered that a hormone produced during exercise may help combat AD on a cellular level. Here's what they've found. Exercise appears to increase circulating levels of a muscle-derived hormone called irisin. This is significant in that irisin appears to be present at lower levels in Alzheimer disease patients compared to non-AD patients. In the current study, published in Neuron, researchers discovered that when applying irisin to a 3D cell culture model of Alzheimer's disease, it led to reductions in amyloid beta pathology (amyloid beta deposits are one of the hallmark features of AD).
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