Sex and gender differences in cognitive resilience to aging and Alzheimer's disease.

179 , 180 However, a few studies found that women showed a trend toward higher levels of amyloid in post mortem neuropathological data. 181 , 182 Further, some studies suggest that higher levels of Aβ may appear during the age of menopause relative to age‐matched males, suggesting lower resistance to amyloid in women. 183 , 184 6.2 Resistance to tau By contrast, several studies showed higher levels of tau pathology in women, as evidenced by PET imaging, 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 and post mortem data 181 , 182 , 189 implying that women may have lower resistance to tau pathology.

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