MAPT and early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease: Stressful life events, activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and glucocorticoids are now thought to have a role in the development of several neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) through mechanisms that may include exacerbation of cognitive impairment, neuronal loss, and beta-amyloid (Aβ) and tau neuropathology.