Antioxidant therapy shows early promise for preventing, perhaps reversing, Alzheimer's disease
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 14:56
in Health & Medicine
Curbing harmful processes in the brain's vasculature set off by the enzyme NADPH oxidase may reverse some of the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to new findings published in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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