Resource Bibliography for Further Reading

  1. “2017 Alzheimer’s Statistics”. Alzheimers.net. 

  2. Adam, David. “World Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest in 650,000 Years, Says U.S. Report”. May 13, 2008

  3. “Aluminum and Dementia: Is There a Link?”. Alzheimer Society Canada. 2019.

  4. “Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias”. Cerescan. 2016.

  5. “Alzheimer’s Disease Mortality by State”. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

  6. “Alzheimer’s Disease Statistics”. Alzheimer’s News Today. 2013-2019.

  7. “Alzheimer’s May Be Caused by Brain’s Sticky Defense Against Bugs”. NewScientist. May 25, 2016.

  8. Angerer, J. Hilgers, RD. Kraus, T. Letzel, S. Schaller, KH. “Aluminosis: Detection of an Almost Forgotten Disease with HRCT”. NCBI. February 17, 2006.

  9. Angerer, J. Kraus, T. Letzel, S. Schaller, KH. “Aluminum Dust-Induced Lung Disease in the Pyro-Powder-Producing Industry: Detection by High-Resolution Computed Tomography”. NCBI. January 2000.

  10. Aoki, S. (et al.) “Contribution of Metals to Brain MR Signal Intensity”. NCBI. April 2016.

  11. “Areas of the Brain Affected by Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias”. Healthwise. December 7, 2017. 

  12. Arriagada, Paulina V. Hyman, Bradley T. Van Hoesen, Gary W. “Pathologic Changes in the Olfactory System in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease”. ks of the New York Academy of Sciences, Part I. Sensory Systems in Alzheimer’s Disease Published 01 Dec 1999. 

  13. Arrighi, Micheal; Brookmeyer, Ron; Johnson, Elizabeth; Ziegler-Graham, Kathryn. “Worldwide Variation in the Doubling Time of Alzheimer’s Disease Incidence Rates”. Volume 4, Issue 5, September 2008, Pages 316-323.

  14. Bancher, C. Jellinger, K.A. “Neuropathology of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Critical Update”. SpringerLink. 

  15. Banjac, Milos. Jovasevic-Stojanovic, Milena. Lazovic, Ivan. Stevanovic, Zarko. ”Impact of CO2 Concentration on Indoor Air Quality and Correlation with Relative Humidity and Indoor Air Temperature in School Buildings, Serbia”. Thermal Science. January 2015.

  16. Beach, Thomas G. Halden, Rolf U. Manivannan, Bhagyashree. Manivannan, Yegambaram.  “Role of Environmental Contaminants in the Etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review”. Current Alzheimer Research, Feb 2015; 12(2): 116-146 Published online Feb 2015 doi: [10.2174/1567205012666150204121719] PMCID: PMC4428475 PMID:25654508 

  17. Bejanin et al. “Tau Pathology and Neurodegeneration Contribute to Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease”. Oxford University Press. October 7, 2017.

  18. Bell, Karen. Liu, Xinhua. Marder, Karen. Michaels-Marston, Kristin S. Padilla, Margarita. Pelton, Gregory H.  Stern, Yaakov. “Olfactory Deficits in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment Predict Alzheimer’s Disease at Follow-Up”. American Journal of Psychiatry, Published online on 1 Sep 2000|https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1399

  19. Benson, Elizabeth. Currie, Jon. Ramsden, Ben. “Eye Movement Abnormalities as a Predictor of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Dementia Complex” Arch Neurol 1988; 45(9): doi:10.1001/archneur.1988.00520330027006

  20. van Berlo D, Hullmann M., Schins RP. “Toxicology of Ambient Particulate Matter”. NCBI. 2012.

  21. “Beta-Amyloid and the Amyloid Hypothesis”. Alzheimer’s Association. 2017.

  22. Boustani, Malaz. Campbell, Noll. Fick, Donna. Fox, Chris. Gulati, Rajesh. Limbil, Tony. Maidment, Ian. Miller, David. Munger, Stephanie. Ott, Carol. Schubert, Kathy C.  “The Cognitive Impact of Anticholinergics: A Clinical Review”. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2009; 4: 225-233.  Published online

  23. Brayne, C.; Brodaty, H., Fratiglioni, L., Ganguli, M., Hasegawa, K., Hendrie, H., Huang, Y., Jorm, A., Mathers, C., Menezes, PR, Rimmer, E.; Scazufca, M. “Global Prevalence of Dementia: a Delphi Consensus Study”. The Lancet. Ferry Cp., Prince M., Alzheimer’s Disease International. December 17, 2005.

  24. Brazier, Yvette. “Decreased Sense of Smell May Indicate Early Dementia”. Yvette Brazier. Medical News Today Published Monday, November 16, 2015. 

  25. Brenner, Steven. “Does Aluminum Toxicity Trigger Onset of Neurodegenerative Disease”. BMJ. October 28, 1999.

  26. Brosnan, Celia. Dickson, Dennis W. Lee, Sunhee C. Mattiace, Linda A. Yen, Shu-Hui C. “Microglia and cytokines in Neurological disease, with special reference to AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease”.  Glia Volume 7, Issue 1. January 1993. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.440070113 

  27. “Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions – Country Rankings”. The World Bank. 2014.

  28. “Carbon Dioxide: Latest Measurements January 2019”. Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet. January 28, 2019.

  29. “Climate Change: How Do We Know?”. Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet. 2019.

  30. “Cocaine”. Center for Integrated Healthcare. July 2013.

  31. Commane, R.; Lindaas, J.; Benmergui, J.; Luus, K.; Chang, R.; Daube, B.; Euskirchen, E.; Henderson, J.; Karion, A.; Miller, J.; Miller, S.; Parazoo, N.; Randerson, J.; Sweeney, C.; Tans, P.; Thoning, K.; Veraverbeke, S.;. Miller, C.; and Wofsy, S. “Carbon Dioxide Sources from Alaska Driven by Increasing Early Winter Respiration from Arctic Tundra”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. May 23, 2017. Published ahead of print May 8, 2017.

  32. “Copper VS Aluminum: Condensers and Evaporators Coils”. PickHvac. August 16, 2011. 

  33. Davis, Tony. “Report: AZ’s 61% Increase in CO2 is the Nation’s Worst”. Arizona Daily Star. Center for Biological Diversity. November 18, 2009.

  34. “Do You Have Indoor Air Pollution?”. Clarum Homes. April 12, 2012.

  35. Donathan, Carla L. Hughes, Larry F. Lange, Rense. “Assessing Olfactory Abilities with the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test: A Rasch Scaling Approach”. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. May 2002. 

  36. Doty et al. “University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test: A Rapid Quantitative Olfactory Function Test for the Clinic”. NCBI. 

  37. Dressel et al. “Normative Performance on the Brief Smell Identification Test (BSIT) in a Multi-Ethnic Bilingual Cohort: A Project FRONTIER Study”. NCBI. May 2013. 

  38. Duijn and Hofman. “Relation Between Nicotine Intake and Alzheimer’s Disease”. June 22, 1991. 

  39. Emery et al. “16S rRNA Next Generation Sequencing Analysis Shows Bacteria in Alzheimer’s Post-Mortem Brain”. Aging Neuroscience. June 20, 2017. 

  40. “Environment: Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by State, 2000-2015”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. January 22, 2018.

  41. Essig, Marko. Santos, Vasco. Schonknecht, Peter. Schroder, Johannes. Thomann, Philipp A. Toro, Pablo. “Reduced Olfactory bulb and tract volume in early Alzheimer’s disease-A MRI Study”. Neurobiology of Aging, Volume 30, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 838-841 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.08.001 

  42. Evans, Denis A. et al. “Trends in the Incidence and Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Cognitive Impairment in the United States”. NCBI. January 2011.

  43. Exley, Christoper. “Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Etiological Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease”. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports. June 8, 2017.

  44. Exley, Christopher; King, Andrew; Mold, Matthew; Umar, Dorcas. “Aluminium in Brain Tissue in Autism”.  Science Direct. March 2018.

  45. Exley, Christopher (et al.) “Can the Controversy of the Role of Aluminum in Alzheimer’s Disease be Resolved? What are the Suggested Approaches to This Controversy and Methodological Issues to be Considered?”. NCBI. August 30, 1996. 

  46. Fennema-Notestine, Christine. Jernigan, Terry L. Murphy, Claire. “Left Hippocampal Volume Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease is Reflected in Performance on Odor Identification: A Structural MRI Study”. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Volume 9, Issue 3. March 2003.

  47. Flaten, TP. “Aluminum as a Risk Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease, with an Emphasis on Drinking Water”. NCBI. May 15, 2000.

  48. Fox, Nick C. Klunk, William E. Johnson, Keith A. Sperling, Reisa A. “Brain Imaging in Alzheimer Disease”. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine”, 2012 April; 2(4): a006213 doi:[10.1101/cshperspect.a0062313] 

  49. Frame, Mark. “Indoor Air Quality”. Alaska Engineers, Planning, Design, Construction, Consulting. July 6, 2016.

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  53. Grose, Thomas K. “The Next Wave of Brain Research”. AARP, June 25, 2018 

  54. Hajji, Nabil. Ritchie, Craig W. Sastre, Magdalena. “Metal Ions in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain” SciMed Central JSM Alzheimer’s Dis Related Dementia 2(1): 1014. Submitted January 6, 2015, Accepted February 24, 2015, Published February 26, 2015.  Review Article

  55. Hautot, D. et al. “Preliminary Evaluation of Nanoscale Biogenic Magnetite in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Tissue”. The Royal Society. February 26, 2003. 

  56. Heerema, Esther. “Does a Poor Sense of Smell Predict Alzheimer’s Disease? Is There a Connection Between the Pathology of AD and Your Sense of Smell?”. Reviewed by Claudia Chaves, MD, Verywellhealth Brain &^ Nervous System Updated February 21, 2018.

  57. Hills, Krista. “Alzheimer’s Statistics – United States and Worldwide Stats”. Braintest.

  58. “Hippocampal and entorhinal atrophy in mild cognitive impairment: prediction of Alzheimer disease”. D.P. Devanand, G. Pradhaban, X. Liu, A. Khandji, S. De Santi, S. Segal, H. Rusinek, G. H. Pelton, L. S. Honig, R. Mayeux, Y. Stern, M.H. Tabert, M.J. de Leon. Neurology, March 13, 2007;68(11):828-36.  

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  61. “In 2017, the USA Had the Largest Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the World”. Institute for Energy Research. August 3, 2018.

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  63. Jaishankar, Monisha. “Toxicity, Mechanism and Health Effects of Some Heavy Metals”. NCBI. June 7, 2014.

  64. Joung, H. Lee, D.W. Park, J.H. Park, K.S. “Serum trace metal levels in Alzheimer’s disease and normal control groups”.  NCBI. February 2014; 29910:76-83. Doi: 10.1177/1533317513506778 E pub Oct 27, 2013

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  66. Kamala, Tirumalai. “Could Exposure to Aluminum Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?”. Quora. September 29, 2017. 

  67. Kato-Negishi, Midori and Kawahara, Masahiro. “Link Between Aluminum and the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease: The Integration of the Aluminum and Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis.” International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2011.

  68. Krewski, Daniel. “Human Health Risk Assessment for Aluminium, Aluminium Oxide, and Aluminium Hydroxide”. NCBI. November 25, 2009.

  69. Lidsky, Theodore I. “Is the Aluminum Hypothesis Dead?”. American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2014.

  70. “Limbic System”. GoodTherapy. August 11, 2015.

  71. Marchione, Marilynn. “New Definition of Alzheimer’s Aims to Find Disease Sooner”. Associated Press, April 10, 2018 

  72. “Mechanisms Involved in the Blood-Brain Barrier Increased Permeability Induced by Phoneutria Nigriventer Spider Venom in Rats”. NCBI. November 19, 2004. 

  73. “Medications for Memory”. Alzheimer’s Association. 

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  78. Murphy, Claire. “Loss of Olfactory Function in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. Springer Link. 

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  83. Patterson, Christina. “World Alzheimer Report 2018”. Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) London. September 2018.

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  85. Picton, TW. “The P300 Wave of the Human Event-Related Potential”. NCBI. October 1992. 

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  87. Qualman, Darrin. “It’s Gonna Get Hot: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Over the Past 800,000 Years”. February 14, 2017.

  88. Radcliffe, Shawn. “Yes, Gum Disease May Increase the Risk of Alzheimer’s – But Don’t Panic”. Healthline. January 29, 2019. 

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103. Tomljenovic, L. “Aluminum and Alzheimer’s Disease: After a Century of Controversy, Is There a Plausible Link?”. NCBI. 2011.

104. fo, Zhuiqian. “Urine Formaldehyde: A Non-Invasive Marker for Alzheimer’s Disease?”. Alzheimer’s Disease Center. 2017.

105.  Underwood, Emily. “The Polluted Brain, Evidence builds that dirty air causes Alzheimer’s, dementia”. January 26, 2017

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116. Yokel, Robert A. “The Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology of Aluminum in the Brain”. University of Kentucky. 2012.

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