Does ionizing radiation influence Alzheimer's disease risk?

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a human neurodegenerative disease, and its global prevalence is predicted to increase dramatically in the following decades. There is mounting evidence describing the effects of ionizing radiation (IR) on the brain, suggesting that exposure to IR might ultimately fav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Begum, Nasrin, Wang, Bing, Mori, Masahiko, Vares, Guillaume
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483841/