Brain Protein Reduces Alzheimer’s Plaques In Mice

Increasing levels of a protein that helps the brain use cholesterol may slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease changes in the brain, according to researchers studying a mouse model of the disease at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Elevated levels of the protein ABCA1 sharply reduced buildup of brain plaques that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, according to senior author David M. Holtzman, M.D.

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