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Zane Farnum

I am investigating how life stress affects brain health as we age, particularly concerning neurodegenerative conditions like dementia. My study aims to determine how stress hormones interact with dementia-associated proteins and peptides to influence brain cell function. I will examine the impact of stress signaling on dementia-related cellular dysfunction, focusing on two hallmark pathologies of Alzheimer’s disease (the most common form of dementia): Amyloid beta and Tau. Additionally, I aim to understand how these dementia-related proteins and peptides can impact stress signaling.

Research keyword: Brain stress

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