Saturday, March 12, 2005

327: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: Play and Exercise Protect Mouse Brain From Amyloid Buildup -- Marx 307 (5715): 1547

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: Play and Exercise Protect Mouse Brain From Amyloid Buildup -- Marx 307 (5715): 1547 -- Science:

As the population ages, finding ways to stave off the debilitating brain degeneration of Alzheimer's disease becomes ever more critical. New results with a mouse model of the condition now provide further support for the idea that "use it or lose it" applies as much to the mind as to the body.
Mice? Human? A cure for Alzheimer's? Common descent at work.