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Aluminum Neurotoxicity and Alzheimer’s Disease

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Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology ((ABBI,volume 44))

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High aluminum concentrations have been demonstrated in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (senile dementia).1–4 Epidemiological studies have also reported that increased aluminum concentration in drinking water increases the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease.5 Based on these results, a theory that aluminum is the cause of Alzheimer’s disease has been postulated.1–5

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Sakae Yumoto

  2. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Nihon University, Oyaguchi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173, Japan

    Shigeo Kakimi

  3. Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Hutinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229, Japan

    Yoshiaki Ogawa

  4. College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Sakurajousui, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156, Japan

    Hisao Nagai

  5. Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Tanashi, Tokyo 188, Japan

    Mineo Imamura

  6. Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Koichi Kobayashi

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  1. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA

    Israel Hanin Ph.D.

  2. Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan

    Mitsuo Yoshida M.D.

  3. Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel

    Abraham Fisher Ph.D.

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Yumoto, S., Kakimi, S., Ogawa, Y., Nagai, H., Imamura, M., Kobayashi, K. (1995). Aluminum Neurotoxicity and Alzheimer’s Disease. In: Hanin, I., Yoshida, M., Fisher, A. (eds) Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 44. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9145-7_34

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