Growth factor protects key brain cells in Alzheimer's models

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 06:35 in Health & Medicine

Memory loss, cognitive impairment, brain cell degeneration and cell death were prevented or reversed in several animal models after treatment with a naturally occurring protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). read more

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