The Role of Luteinizing Hormone in Alzheimer Disease Pathogenesis
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.......................................................................................page 10 Chapter One: Evidence for a Role of Luteinizing Hormone in Alzheimer Disease Abstract...............................................................................page 13 Background...........................................................................page 14 Gender Differences in Alzheimer Disease....................................................page 17 Luteinizing Hormone in Alzheimer Disease Pathogenesis.....................page 20 Luteinizing Hormone as a Therapeutic Target...................................page 23 Chapter Two: Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR): Evidence of Gonadotropin-Induced Steroidogenesis in Alzheimer Disease Abstract...............................................................................page 27 Introduction...........................................................................page 29 Materials and Methods..............................................................page 32 Results.................................................................................page 34 Discussion............................................................................page 35 Chapter Three: Gonadotropin and Subunit-Specific Expression of Hormones Associated with the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis in Human Brain Abstract...............................................................................page 44 Introduction...........................................................................page 45..............................................................................page 44 Introduction...........................................................................page 45
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