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2. Cursed Inheritance
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Preface vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- 1. Lost Wives 1
- 2. Cursed Inheritance 10
- 3. Learning to Walk 19
- 4. Searching for the Alzheimer’s Gene 31
- 5. Late-Onset Alzheimer’s 44
- 6. The Paradigm 52
- 7. Eli Lilly and Mice 65
- 8. Inhibitors That Can’t Inhibit 71
- 9. Poison or Cure: An Alzheimer’s Vaccine 78
- 10. Eli Lilly’s Three Expeditions 89
- 11. Taoism and Tau Mice 98
- 12. Apples, Oysters, and Underdogs 108
- 13. Type 3 Diabetes 119
- 14. Ketones: The Brain Fuel 126
- 15. Insulin Fixes 138
- 16. Bacteria in the Brain 150
- 17. Eat Your Vegetables (and Berries) 160
- 18. Blood, Heart, and Brain 168
- 19. A Missed Opportunity 179
- 20. Paradigm Shift(?) 190
- 21. An Enriched Life 203
- Epilogue 215
- Notes 221
- Bibliography 277
- Index 331
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Preface vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- 1. Lost Wives 1
- 2. Cursed Inheritance 10
- 3. Learning to Walk 19
- 4. Searching for the Alzheimer’s Gene 31
- 5. Late-Onset Alzheimer’s 44
- 6. The Paradigm 52
- 7. Eli Lilly and Mice 65
- 8. Inhibitors That Can’t Inhibit 71
- 9. Poison or Cure: An Alzheimer’s Vaccine 78
- 10. Eli Lilly’s Three Expeditions 89
- 11. Taoism and Tau Mice 98
- 12. Apples, Oysters, and Underdogs 108
- 13. Type 3 Diabetes 119
- 14. Ketones: The Brain Fuel 126
- 15. Insulin Fixes 138
- 16. Bacteria in the Brain 150
- 17. Eat Your Vegetables (and Berries) 160
- 18. Blood, Heart, and Brain 168
- 19. A Missed Opportunity 179
- 20. Paradigm Shift(?) 190
- 21. An Enriched Life 203
- Epilogue 215
- Notes 221
- Bibliography 277
- Index 331