UF Health researchers find some evidence of link between stress, Alzheimer's disease

http://ekaweb01.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/uof-uhr_1091615.php

Public Release: 16-Sep-2015
UF Health researchers find some evidence of link between stress, Alzheimer's disease
University of Florida

University of Florida Health researchers have uncovered more evidence of a link between the brain's stress response and a protein related to Alzheimer's disease.

The research, conducted on a mouse model and in human cells, found that a stress-coping hormone released by the brain boosts the production of protein fragments. Those protein pieces, known as amyloid beta, clump together and trigger the brain degeneration that leads to Alzheimer's disease.

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