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Chronic Stress Impairs Brain Blood Flow and Raises Dementia Risk

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Source: Neuroscience News
Chronic Stress Impairs Brain Blood Flow and Raises Dementia Risk
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Researchers at Penn State discovered that stress-sensitive type-one nNOS neurons regulate brain blood flow and neural activity; their loss due to chronic stress may contribute to brain health decline and neurodegenerative diseases like dementia, highlighting a new environmental risk factor.

Topics:health#brain-blood-flow#dementia#health#neurodegeneration#neurons#stress
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  1. Stress Undermines Brain Circulation, Increases Dementia Risk  Neuroscience News
  2. What Chronic Stress Does to Your Brain Over Time  Verywell Health
  3. Stress can affect blood flow to the brain — and more health headlines  WGN-TV

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