Statins Have Unexpected Effect On Pool Of Powerful Brain Cells
Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 12:07
in Biology & Nature
Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have a profound effect on an elite group of cells known as glial progenitor cells that are important to brain health as we age, scientists have found. The new findings shed light on a long-debated potential role for statins in the area of dementia.