MIT Team Sheds Light On Alzheimer’s Mystery - Work Could Lead To New Treatments For Debilitating Disease

In work that could lead to new drugs to target Alzheimer’s disease, MIT researchers and colleagues have shed light on one of the molecular mysteries surrounding this common form of dementia. The work, to be reported in the Dec. 11 issue of Neuron, helps explain the perplexing behavior of some cells in the hippocampus, thought to be the center of learning and memory in the brain.

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