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Article type: Review Article
Authors: Morley, John E.a; * | Farr, Susan A.a; b
Affiliations: [a] Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA | [b] GRECC - Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: John E. Morley, MB, BCh, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402S. Grand Blvd., M238, St. Louis, MO, USA. E-mail: morley@slu.edu.
Abstract: Hormesis is the concept that low doses of a toxin can have beneficial effects while high doses are harmful. This is also known as the inverted-U shaped dose-response curve. Hormesis appears to be a universal law for the function of memory mimetics. Amyloid-β protein is widely recognized to be a toxic agent responsible for plaque formation in Alzheimer's disease. In high doses it also produces amnesia. In lower, physiological doses, it enhances long term potentiation and memory. Blocking amyloid-β protein in animals without overproduction of the protein results in amnesia. At low doses, amyloid-β also increases neurite outgrowth, produces presynaptic enhancement, and may quench oxidative damage. It is postulated that both over- and underproduction of amyloid-β can lead to memory deficits. This is similar to a number of hormonal diseases, e.g., thyroid, where both low and high levels produce disease.
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-β protein, dose response, memory, oxidative damage
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-111928
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 487-492, 2012
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