Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functions

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 15:30 in Biology & Nature

MIT neuroscientists have shown that an enzyme overproduced in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients creates a blockade that shuts off genes necessary to form new memories. Furthermore, by...

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