A Major Cause of Age-Related Memory Loss Identified (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

A Major Cause of Age-Related Memory Loss Identified (1 of 2)

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The researchers have identified a protein—RbAp48—that, when increased in aged wild-type mice, improves memory back to that of young wild-type mice. In the image, yellow shows the increased RbAp48 in the dentate gyrus.

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Elias Pavlopoulos, Ph.D./Columbia University Medical Center

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