An accumulation of fat lurking around the organs of obese people is strongly linked to a buildup of Alzheimer's-linked proteins in the brain, new research finds.
Buildup of this visceral fat in middle age may boost levels of the two damaging brain proteins, called amyloid and tau, explained a team led by Dr. Mahsa Dolatshahi, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Dolatshahi's group wondered if there might be factors in mid-life that affect a person's late-life odds for Alzheimer's.For each participant, a series of PET scans were run to measure brain levels of amyloid and tau proteins, and abdominalwere conducted to assess volumes of subcutaneous fat and visceral fat .
Dolatshahi noted that there's long been a link between obesity and Alzheimer's risk, but the new study delves deeper.and, in so doing, reveals key insights about why obesity can increase risk for Alzheimer's disease,” she said in an RSNA news release.
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