Senior Housing News May 22, 2024
A hormone found in the brain of every human could be used as a treatment to delay the proliferation of Alzheimer’s in its early stages.
Researchers with the University of Dundee in Scotland found that a small part of an appetite-suppressing hormone known as leptin could reduce the effects of the two harmful proteins in the brain that build up and lead to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
“We’re working at the level of synapses, which are the communication points in the brain, because synapses are affected early in the disease process, when Alzheimer’s is still reversible,” saidJenni Harvey, lead researcher and professor . “Our research shows that leptin could significantly slow, or even stop, the disease from developing.”
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