
How menopause affects the brain | Lisa Mosconi
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Are Women's Brains More Sensitive to Hormonal Aging Than Just Normal?
Women's brains in mid life are more sensitive to hormonal aging than just straight up chronological. Astrogen literally pushes neurons to burn glucos to make energy. When your estrogen declines though, your neron start slowing down and age faster. Standis ave showin that this process can even lead to the formation of amuloi plax or alcimes plax which are the whole mark of alcimes disease.
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