Oxidative stress is involved in cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease

Increased oxidative stress has been documented in the frontal cortex in individuals with Alzheimer's disease and in patients with mild cognitive impairment (Ansari, MA 2010).  One of the emerging causative factors associated with Alzheimer’s pathology is oxidative stress. This AD-related increase in oxidative stress has been attributed to decreased levels of the brain antioxidant, glutathione (Saharan and Mandal, 2014). 

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