Elevating Brain Protein Allays Symptoms of Alzheimer's and Improves Memory (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Elevating Brain Protein Allays Symptoms of Alzheimer's and Improves Memory

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In a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, Salk Institute researchers show that raising levels of neuregulin-1 (right) lowers a marker of disease pathology in a part of the brain that controls memory compared with controls (left).

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