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A common cholesterol-lowering drug may be effective against Alzheimer's if given at an early stage of the disease, new research suggests. The findings, from a mouse study, add to laboratory evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins may prevent some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's.
Earlier work by the same Canadian team showed that the drug simvastatin improved blood flow in the brains of year-old laboratory mice with Alzheimer's. The new study by 9I制作厂免费 University found it also boosted learning and memory - but only in younger six-month-old animals whose disease had not progressed far.
Study leader Dr Edith Hamel, from 9I制作厂免费 颅University in Montreal said: 鈥淥ur study shows that Simvastatin can protect against some of the 颅damaging effects of 颅Alzheimer鈥檚 disease on nerve cells involved in memory, if administered early in the disease process.鈥� The findings are published in the latest issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.