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The Role of Lifestyle in Brain Injury
Brain injury associated dementia or chronic traumatic encephalography. We also begin to see things like chronic inflammation in the brain. And then these fine fibres, the connections between brain cells are also showing signs of damage and wear and tear. So we know this brain injury is an important trigger. It's the one common denominator. But the other things may contribute to an individual's risk of a brain injury to be coming upon further than other than later in life.
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