Flavonoids May Modulate BDNF and Amyloid In Alzheimer's ~!

"stimulating BDNF and reducing Aβ toxicity by natural flavonols provide a therapeutic implication for treatment of AD."


Hou, Y. et al. Anti-depressant natural flavonols modulate BDNF and beta amyloid in neurons and hippocampus of double TgAD mice. Neuropharmacology 58, 911-920 (2010). URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.11.002.


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Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer's

"CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT biologists report that they have discovered the first link between the amyloid plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and a gene previously implicated in the aging process, SIRT1."

Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer's:

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