The Alzheimer's Disease Chronicles: Will Evidence Triumph Over Adversity?

Ruth F Itzhaki

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78787-5_47

The Alzheimer's Disease Chronicles: Will Evidence Triumph Over Adversity?

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021:1339:383-384. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-78787-5_47.

Author

Ruth F Itzhaki^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. ruth.itzhaki@manchester.ac.uk.
² Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. ruth.itzhaki@manchester.ac.uk.

PMID: 35023129
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78787-5_47

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) infects most humans and remains lifelong in the body in latent form within the PNS. The virus can be reactivated by stress, immunosuppression etc, and in some people it then causes cold sores.

Keywords: APOE-e4; Alzheimer's Disease; HSV1.

MeSH terms

Alzheimer Disease*
Herpesvirus 1, Human*
Humans