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Poster: The Role of Superimposed Systemic Inflammation on Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
In the Summer of 2024 I spent 12 weeks in a Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience lab working on a research project in an area of profound interest to me — Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease!
My Research investigated how inflammation occurring in the body eg. inflammation arising as a result of infections or bone fractures, can have effects on inflamation occuring in the brain — particularly the Alzheimer's Diseased brain. Recent studies have linked body inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients to worsened AD pathology, and the occurance of severe bouts of delerium. Cover image source: peterschreiber.media iStock 
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