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ArticleGeroScience2026

Sex differences in brain glucose metabolism in alzheimer's disease: A voxel-based study.

Matilde Nerattini, Elisabetta Maria Abenavoli, Francesca Caramelli, Giulia Giacomucci, Benedetta Nacmias, Enrico Mossello, Valentina Bessi, Valentina Berti

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Article in GeroScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Sex differences in brain glucose metabolism and Alzheimer's disease risk and progression.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Matilde Nerattini *Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Nuclear Medicine Unit, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. matilde.nerattini@unifi.it.
Elisabetta Maria Abenavoli *Careggi University Hospital, Nuclear Medicine Unit, Florence, Italy.
Francesca CaramelliGeriatric Unit, Ospedale San Jacopo Pistoia, Pistoia, Italy.
Giulia GiacomucciDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Psychology, Italy.
Benedetta NacmiasDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Psychology, Italy.
Enrico MosselloDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Research Unit of Medicine of Ageing, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Valentina BessiDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Psychology, Italy.
Valentina BertiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Nuclear Medicine Unit, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing body of evidence shows significant sex differences in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) epidemiology, clinical presentation, and pathology burden; however, sex differences in neuroimaging biomarkers remain underexplored, prompting recent calls to action for more targeted research in this field. We analyzed static brain positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with 2-[

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrainGlucoseAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMalePositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsSex FactorsFluorodeoxyglucose F18GlucoseRadiopharmaceuticalsAlzheimer’s diseaseFDGPositron emission tomographySexWomen

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PMID40908385
PMCPMC13356148

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