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Project Number: | I01BX004161-01 |
| Title: | O3 and the Lung-Brain Axis: Regulating Alzheimer's-like Neuropathology |
| Principal Investigator: | Michelle Block |
| Location: | Indianapolis, IN |
| Congressional District Code: | 7 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | April 2018 - March 2022 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $262,453 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,340,331 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and the leading cause of dementia in the elderly. Aging veterans face additional risk for developing AD and current treatment is unable to halt disease progression. Inflammation, oxidative stress, and microglial activation are implicated as key factors driving progressive neuron damage in AD, but how the pathological neuroimmune process occurs remains a point of debate. Increasing studies also point to a role for the enviro... |