{"id":1179,"date":"2016-11-21T20:24:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T02:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2018-07-05T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T20:00:40","slug":"mitochondria-linked-genetic-changes-might-give-early-hint-of-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"Mitochondria-Linked Genetic Changes Might Give Early Hint of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/398296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kjzz.org\/sites\/default\/files\/mitochondrion_structure1.png.png.png\" width=\"238\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of a mitochondrion, courtesy of Arizona State University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Long before they develop neurofibrillary tangles or beta-amyloid plaques, brains with Alzheimer\u2019s disease begin experiencing problems in their cells\u2019 power plants \u2014 the mitochondria \u2014 that hinder their ability to make energy for cells.<\/p>\n<p>Declines in gene expression related to mitochondria can occur in subjects as young as their early 30s.<\/p>\n<p>Read\/listen to my full story at KJZZ\u2019s Arizona Science Desk:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/398296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Researchers Say Genetic Changes Could Help Spot Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Early<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before they develop neurofibrillary tangles or beta-amyloid plaques, brains with Alzheimer\u2019s disease begin experiencing problems in their cells\u2019 power plants \u2014 the mitochondria \u2014 that hinder their ability to make energy for cells. Declines in gene expression related to mitochondria can occur in subjects as young as their early 30s. Read\/listen to my full &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1179\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mitochondria-Linked Genetic Changes Might Give Early Hint of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,84,82,67,415,3],"tags":[160,1250,24,1249,1251,989,68],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biochemistry","category-genetics","category-health","category-medicine","category-psychology","category-science","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-banner-sun-health-research-institute","tag-behavior","tag-biodesign-institute","tag-memory","tag-mitochondria","tag-pathology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}