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Have we got Alzheimer's disease all wrong?
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By national medical reporter Sophie Scott and the Specialist Reporting Team's Rebecca Armitage
Posted Mon 24 Sep 2018 at 12:51pmMonday 24 Sep 2018 at 12:51pm, updated Mon 24 Sep 2018 at 11:29pm

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If not plaque, then what?
Scientists who believe plaque could be a symptom rather than the cause of Alzheimer's disease are now putting all their efforts into preventing it developing in the brain in the first place.

For more information on the Anavex 2-73 trial, visit their website. To volunteer for the Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation's testosterone trial, visit their website.

"We are now at a stage where we can diagnose Alzheimer's well before the symptoms appear — at least 20 years earlier," Professor Ralph Martins, an Alzheimer's researcher from Macquarie University, said.

"And this is the time when we think we can have the greatest impact because the brain is relatively preserved."

Professor Martins is conducting a trial to discover whether receiving shots of testosterone and taking fish oil could stave off the plaque.

"What hormones do is basically suppress the production of this amyloid," he said.

"In men, it's testosterone, and in women it's estrogen. Once we get older, our testosterone falls, that's when the amyloid starts rising."

Max McGown stands outside in a garden.
Max McGown became convinced he was likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.(ABC News: Rebecca Armitage)
When Max McGown heard about the study, he volunteered immediately.

The 67-year-old Sydney retiree watched Alzheimer's disease slowly rob his mother Gladys of her memories and her independence, and he became convinced he was next.

"I sometimes stumble for a word that I think I should know and scratch my head and wonder why I can't remember it until 3:00am the next morning," Mr McGown said.

"So, I guess it's just this feeling that I hope this is not one of the symptoms."

But after undergoing a PET scan, and waiting three agonising days for the results, Mr McGown was surprised to receive good news.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-25/alzheimers-disease-research-questions-plaque-as-cause-of-disease/10299514


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