Compound in fruits and vegetables prevents symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice

Alzheimer's disease represents the most common form of dementia, with the early stages of the disease generally characterized with short term memory loss and learning difficulties that increase in severity as the patient progresses in age. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, have discovered that with regular treatments of the antioxidant fisetin, they were able to prevent memory loss in mice with genetic mutations linked to Alzheimer's... Continue Reading Compound in fruits and vegetables prevents symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice



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Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Disease, Fruit, Memory, Mice, Salk Institute



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