Yingli Jing

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1. Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia. The pathological features of AD mainly include deposition of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) (Duyckaerts et al., 2009; Bloom, 2014; Jouanne et al., 2017), neurofibrillary tangles caused by hyperphosphorylated tau protein (Duyckaerts et al., 2009; Bloom, 2014), and enhancement of neuroinflammation (Felsky et al., 2019).

1. Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a highly disabling and traumatic condition without effective treatment options. In recent years, intermittent fasting (IF) has attracted increasing attention because it mediates the energy supply and avoids gastrointestinal damage caused by prolonged fasting (Hatting et al., 2017).