Life Stress and Dementia Risk in Adults with Down Syndrome

GSA 2025 Abstract

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, resulting from a triplication of chromosome 21. Individuals with DS are at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) compared to the general population.

The paper

Washington State University Spokane · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

GSA 2025 Abstract · 31 Dec 2025 · CC BY

Presented at GSA 2025

doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf122.3619