[neverdem]

Recovery of learning and memory is associated with chromatin remodelling.

[Mount Athos]

thanks for posting.
Stimulation, not just drugs. Hm.

[mtbopfuyn]

Playing on FR is a form of mental stimulation.

[Clintonfatigued]

One certainly hopes and prays that it’s so.

[Don Corleone]

They knew this 50 years ago but the doctor that discovered it forgot where he put his notes.

[SuziQ]

that cherished recollection of a first kiss, seemingly destroyed by disease, may have simply been rendered inaccessible by obstructed neural pathways.

If my mother was any indication, the older the memory, the more likely she was to have retained it. It was newer memories she couldn't create. But then, she may not have had true Alzheimers, just classic old age dementia.

[RXSalesman]

The big news on the AD front is Bapineuzumab.

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/elan-working-to-fasttrack-alzheimers-drug-potential-684082.html

[Tax-chick]

” ... could one day be treated ...”

Yippee, that’s so helpful right now.

[Cacique]

btt

[CindyDawg]

I’m a firm believer in doing a word puzzle every day.

[68skylark]

That’s a badly misleading headline. Studies with mice don’t equal a “cure.”

[Sacajaweau]

I just love it when I hear they are trying the new meds out on people that are 80-90 years old...who have already been in nursing homes for years. MONEY!! And if they can’t get it from you...don’t worry...they’ll get it from the government somehow.