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Principal Investigator(s)
Chen, Chu
Funded by
NIH-NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS & STROKE
While the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is multifactorial and complex, results from epidemiological,clinical, and laboratory animal studies implicate traumatic brain injury (TBI) as an important risk factor for ADand dementia. However, the mechanisms by which TBI increases the risk of AD are largely unknown.
