Possible Treatment Target for Alzheimer's, Age-Related Cognitive Decline (IMAGE)

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Possible Treatment Target for Alzheimer's, Age-Related Cognitive Decline

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Virginia Tech's Jennifer Munson works with cell culture media in her lab. Munson and her collaborators at the University of Virginia discovered that dysfunction of drainage pathways in the brain can aggravate cognitive decline as well as Alzheimer's disease pathology.

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