老年痴呆症的病因学研究进展

The Research Progress on the Etiology of Alzheimer Disease

老年痴呆症是一种病因未明的神经退行性疾病。病因研究表明，老年痴呆症的发病可能与脑胆碱能功能丧失，炎症过程、自由基、细胞因子等多种因素有关。

Alzheimer disease is a neurodegenerative disease and its etiology remains unknown. Studies of etiology have shown that it is a complex disease involving many elements, such as loss of cerebrocholinergic functions, inflanmmation, free radical, and cell factor factor.