Even medical progestogens offer some protection against Alzheimer's disease
1 Argument
0 Citations
1 Consequence
2 Mentions
Arguments
Opposing Arguments
No opposing arguments found
Citations
No citations found
Consequences
Mentions
0•
Updated
Related Propositions
Unpleasant consequences of estrogen excess resemble some events of aging 1 0 2Progesterone, by increasing oxidative efficiency, opposes this "angiogenic" (neovascularization) effect of estrogen 1 0 2Progesterone is both an anticatabolic hormone and an antiestrogenic hormone, protecting the functional systems from atrophy 1 0 2Progesterone is probably the most perfect antiestrogenic hormone, and therefore an anti-stress and anti-aging hormone 1 0 2Progesterone and pregnenolone, by reducing the stress reactions, should be helpful in the eye diseases of infancy and old age, as they are in the respiratory distress syndromes 1 0 1Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2Exposure to estrogen in middle-age increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease in old age 1 0 2Progesterone is a nerve growth factor, produced by glial cells 1 0 2The mitochondrial energy problem, cytochrome oxidase and its regulation; body temperature/pulse-rate cycle disturbance; lipid peroxidation; respiratory defect; altered amino acid uptake; memory impairment; dominance of the excitatory systems vs. the inhibitory adenosine/GABA/progesterone/pregnenolone system are functional and biochemical observations of Alzheimer's disease 1 0 1Increased cortisol and DHEA are associated with Alzheimer's disease 1 0 1