Mechanical stress increases brain amyloid β, tau, and α-synuclein concentrations in wild-type mice.

DISCUSSION: Dose-dependent and cumulative influence of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury-induced mechanical stress may trigger and/or accelerate neurodegeneration by pushing protein concentration over the disease threshold. PMID: 29244999 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Alzheimers Association - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Alzheimers Dement Source Type: research