Science closing in on mystery of age-related memory loss, says neurobiologist
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 20:31
in Psychology & Sociology
The world's scientific community may be one step closer to understanding age-related memory loss, and to developing a drug that might help boost memory. In a new editorial, a U.S. neurobiologist says that research from the European Neuroscience Institute provides proof of concept that drugs known as histone deacetylase inhibitors have great promise in stopping memory loss -- and even in boosting the formation of memory in animal models.