APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
The Effects of Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescence on the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease in Mice.
- Fern Barrientos
George Mason University - Kristen Craven
George Mason University - Jane Flinn
George Mason University
Abstract
Traumatic brain injuries are a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and adolescents are at greater risk of sustaining multiple mild TBI in quick succession. Researchers explore the behavioral and biochemical effects of the most common form of TBI on adolescent mice, and their impact on the progression of Alzheimer’s.
Psychopathology
