| Negation of Physiological Stressors of Health & Cognitive Decline  Thema1 #145782 Stressors (mental and physical) --> Endothelial Dysfunction (ED) --> Microvascular Dysfunction --> Neurovascular Unit Dysfunction --> Regional Blood Flow Abnormalities --> "Downstream Pathologies" that include hypertension, mood change, ability to focus changes.  i.e., ED --> disease pathologiy  | 
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