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. 2022 Feb 9;14:837649. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.837649

TABLE 1.

Examples of hypotheses proposed for AD.

AD hypothesis References
Amyloid cascade hypothesis Hardy and Higgins, 1992, Selkoe and Hardy, 2016
Tau hypothesis Iqbal and Grundke-Iqbal, 1996, Iqbal et al., 2016
Cholinergic hypothesis Perry et al., 1977, Bartus et al., 1982
Mitochondrial hypothesis Moreira et al., 2010, Swerdlow et al., 2010
Oxidative stress hypothesis Coyle and Puttfarcken, 1993, Zhu et al., 2004
Neuroinflammation hypothesis McGeer et al., 1994
Brain insulin resistance hypothesis de la Monte, 2009, Deng et al., 2009
Metabolic hypothesis Hoyer, 2000, Iqbal and Grundke-Iqbal, 2005, Gong et al., 2016
Calcium hypothesis Khachaturian, 1994
Innate immunity hypothesis Guillot-Sestier et al., 2015