Neuroprotection in Perimenopausal Women

Abstract

Endocrine and neural senescence overlap in time, by intertwined complex feedback loops. Womens' brain is genetically more prone to suffer during life, and perimenopause is a "critical period" in neuroaging, when the degenerative processes begin. Many hypotheses on the multifactorial nature of women's brain aging are elaborated, and tested in high-tech research centers. The most analyzed Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized not only by Aβ oligomers and fibrils accumulation, but also by metabolic and inflammatory changes, with the onset during menopausal transition and early years of menopause. Deep analysis of endocrine, neural, and metabolic pathways are giving new insights to the sequential view of Aβ-centric in AD pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment from perimenopause, for maintaining women's neurological health.