In a study considered the first of its kind to address the role of the mechanism of how brain cells deal with stress and the chances of developing or getting rid of Alzheimer’s, it was found that the suffering of brain cells in dealing with and responding to stress and anxiety increases the chances of producing protein plaques accumulated on brain cells, which causes an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s. According to what was revealed by a team of American scientists.
A team of scientists from Harvard University analyzed the compositions of samples from the brains of deceased people who underwent psychological and neurological evaluations during their lives. The study published by the journal “Nature” allowed us to contemplate the crucial role played by a protein called “Rest” in avoiding these neurological diseases, the causes of which are unknown.
According to the study, this protein is found in the nuclei of neurons in young people, and it also appears in large quantities in the brains of older, healthy people. Scientists discovered that the “Rest” protein is not found in the nerve cells of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia diseases. The function of this protein is to eliminate genes that cause cell death in aging and thus Alzheimer’s. It also stimulates the brain’s resistance to stress, which means that people who do not have this protein are more susceptible to the disease.
