The study, presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in LA, found that the protein, tau, showed a larger brain-wide accumulation in women than in men due to an accelerated brain-wide spread. A growing body of evidence suggests that the protein spreads through the brain like an infection. It travels neuron to neuron, turning other proteins into abnormal tangles and killing brain cells.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/is-this-the-reason-alzheimers-is-more-common-in-women