Brainwaves

#145 Astroglia and Alzheimer’s disease

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Sinopsis

Clean up on aisle 4! Or should it be IL-4? In this week's installment of the BrainWaves Podcast, we submerge ourselves into the microscopic environment of Alzheimer's pathology. It's interesting, it's messy, and whoever made this mess is also responsible for the clean up. Produced by James E. Siegler. Music courtesy of Andy Cohen, Brendan Kinsella, Cuicuitte, Damiano Baldoni, Kai Engel, Nctrnm. Sound effects by Mike Koenig, Blastfx.com, Caroline Ford, Robertv, and Daniel Simion. BrainWaves' podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used for clinical decision making. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @brainwavesaudio for the latest updates to the podcast. REFERENCES Arranz AM and De Strooper B. The role of astroglia in Alzheimer's disease: pathophysiology and clinical implications. The Lancet Neurology. 2019;18:406-414. Maragakis NJ and Rothstein JD. Mechanisms of Disease: astrocytes in neurodegenerative disease. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2006;2:679-89. Wisniewski T and