Scientists Use Spinal Fluid From Young Mice to Reverse Age-Related Memory Loss

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Published on May 17, 2022 - Duration: 01:31s

Scientists Use Spinal Fluid From Young Mice to Reverse Age-Related Memory Loss

Scientists Use Spinal Fluid , From Young Mice to Reverse , Age-Related Memory Loss.

NPR reports that a team at Stanford University has successfully reversed memory loss in mice.

The team found that an infusion of spinal fluid taken from young mice was able to reverse memory loss experienced by aging animals.

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The team found that an infusion of spinal fluid taken from young mice was able to reverse memory loss experienced by aging animals.

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Tony Wyss-Coray, a neuroscientist and senior author of the study, said that a growth factor found in the spinal fluid was also able to improve memory.

Tony Wyss-Coray, a neuroscientist and senior author of the study, said that a growth factor found in the spinal fluid was also able to improve memory.

When we put the factor in the mice, they actually are better able to perform a memory task where they have to remember something that happened to them (a small electric shock), Tony Wyss-Coray, Neuroscientist and senior author of the study, via NPR.

The findings, which were published in the journal 'Nature,' could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other age-related conditions.

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NPR reports that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bathes the brain and the spinal cord.

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We were hoping that by mimicking a young environment, that the brain would respond to that with better function, Tony Wyss-Coray, Neuroscientist and senior author of the study, via NPR.

Maria Lehtinen, a neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School, has been studying the role CSF plays in the development of mouse brains.

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We found that the CSF delivers these important health and growth promoting factors that can, essentially, modulate brain growth, Maria Lehtinen, Neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School, via NPR.

What's been lacking, so far, is the next step of testing whether these CSF factors can confer benefits to adult [brains], Maria Lehtinen, Neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School, via NPR


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