Early Parental Death, Genetic Variants and Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease: Building a Risk Profile from the Cache County Study on Memory, Health and Aging

Authors

Michael Peterson, Brigham Young University
Dr. John Kauwe, Brigham Young University

Keywords

early parental death, genetic variant, Alzheimer's Disease, memory, health, aging

College

Life Sciences

Department

Biology

Abstract

A person’s predisposition to Alzheimer’s Disease is known to be influenced by both genetic factors as well as environmental factors. One know environmental factor is that known to affect risk for disease is early parental death. The purpose of this research is to better understand the complex factors that influence the disease by analyzing the relationship between the environmental factor of early parental death with genetic variants known to influence the disease.

Recommended Citation

Peterson, Michael and Kauwe, Dr. John (2013) "Early Parental Death, Genetic Variants and Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease: Building a Risk Profile from the Cache County Study on Memory, Health and Aging," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 1116.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1116