Source: University of California - San Francisco
Posted: May 18, 2006
Summary:
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill has identified several new compounds that could aid in preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease and other progressive nervous system conditions. The compounds promote the survival of neurons, including hippocampal neurons that effect memory, in a lab culture. The researchers discovered that the compounds can also prevent the death of cells known as oligodentrocytes, cells that form myelin, the coating around nerve cells.
Commentary: This study could provide scientists with new insights into how memory functions and lead to new strategies to prevent, or treat, Alzheimer's Diseases and other degeerative conditions that cause memory loss and cognitive impairments resulting from cell death.
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