https://indiawest.com/traffic-pollution-may-lead-to-alzheimers/
NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – People with higher exposure to traffic-related air pollution are more likely to have high amounts of amyloid plaques in their brains associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study.
The study, published in the online issue of Neurology, does not prove that air pollution causes more amyloid plaques in the brain. It only shows an association.
Researchers from the Emory University in Georgia, examined the brain tissue of 224 people who agreed to donate their brains at death to advance research on dementia. The people had died at an average age of 76.
They looked at the traffic-related air pollution exposure based on the people’s home address in the Atlanta area at the time of death.
