"Unveiling Alzheimer's Risk: Imaging Brief Oxygen Deficits in the Brain"

A new bioluminescence imaging technique allows scientists to observe oxygen movement in the brain, revealing widespread patterns of oxygen distribution and detecting "hypoxic pockets" that are more common in sedentary states and could be linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. This research paves the way for better understanding diseases associated with brain hypoxia and testing therapeutic interventions, providing a tool to study a range of diseases associated with hypoxia in the brain, including Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, and long COVID, and how a sedentary lifestyle, aging, hypertension, and other factors contribute to these diseases.