Maybe memories are NOT lost in Alzheimer’s

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It seems that the main issue is not the storing of memories but the retrieval:

New work using mouse models of early Alzheimer’s disease just showed that the problem at least starts with memory retrieval. Strikingly, it can also be reversed provided the correct set of neurons is activated

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Computer as an Alzheimer’s cure?

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Oregon researchers looking for early signs of dementia found that elderly people with higher computer use had bigger brains and better memories than those who used the computer less.

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Encouraging research into Alzheimer’s

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Kim Green and colleagues with UCI’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders found that flushing away the abundant inflammatory cells produced in reaction to beta-amyloid plaques restored memory function in test mice. Their study showed that these cells, called microglia, contribute to the neuronal and memory deficits seen in this neurodegenerative disease. Results appear online in the journal Brain.

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