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Stress acts cumulatively to precipitate Alzheimer’s disease-like tau pathology ...

Stressful life experiences are likely tiological factors in sporadic forms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Many AD patients hypersecrete glucocorticoids (GCs), and their GC levels correlate with the rate of cognitive impairment and extent of neuronal atrophy. Severity of cognitive deficits in AD correlates strongly with levels of perphosphorylated forms of the cytoskeletal protein TAU, an essential mediator of the...