Friday, February 6, 2015

14. "Experimental Drug Targets Alzheimer's"

Summary: In this really short article, the author talks about how mice were injected with a drug named AF267B and through this, their emotional memory was paralyzed just as those with Alzheimer's disease. The opposing drug titled NGX267 reduces beta-amyloid plaques and affects the hippocampus for spatial learning is now being tested in humans.

Key Facts:
"An Alzheimer's affected brain area that's associated with emotional memory didn't benefit from the drug."

S., N. "Experimental Drug Targets Alzheimer's." JSTOR. Society for Science & the
Public, 8 Apr. 2006. Web. 31 Jan. 2015. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/4019180>.

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