A new lithium compound evades amyloid capture, reverses Alzheimer's signs (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

A new lithium compound evades amyloid capture, reverses Alzheimer's signs

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Treating mice with the amyloid-evading lithium orotate (top row) reduced amyloid beta (left) and tau (right) much more effectively than lithium carbonate (bottom row). 

Alt text: Stacked boxes on the left show significantly fewer green amyloid-beta clumps for mice treated with lithium orotate. Stacked boxes on the right show a similar drop in red tau tangles.

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Yankner Lab

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