Sudeshna Das

Does experience of emotional invalidation in childhood lead to growth – a qualitative enquiry using Interpretative phenomenological analysis

Abstract Background Severe abuse is not the only variant of unpleasant experiences in childhood. Childhood maltreatment in the form of emotional invalidation is potent in shaping future behaviors, both adaptive and maladaptive. Traumatic experiences in childhood are such occurren...

GFAP upregulation by astrocytes attenuates tau neurofibrillary tangle pathology in a mouse model of tauopathy

Abstract Background The upregulation of the intermediate filament glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) by reactive astrocytes has been traditionally assigned structural functions such as the shaping of astrocyte morphology and the formation of the glial scar. However, in vitro...