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Dopamine treatment found to alleviate symptoms in Alzheimer's disease
"We have shown that L-DOPA treatment can help reduce harmful beta-amyloid plaques and improve memory function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease," explains Watamura Naoto, first author of the ...
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L-DOPA reduces harmful beta-amyloid plaques in AD model mice (IMAGE)
Green dots represent amyloid-beta plaques. (Bottom) Experimental results after treating the model mice with placebo or L-DOPA for 3 months. Note the reduction in beta-amyloid (fluorescently ...
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Dopamine treatment can reduce Alzheimer's plaques and improve memory
Treating the model mice with L-DOPA led to increased neprilysin and decreased beta-amyloid plaques in both frontal and posterior parts of the brain. Model mice treated with L-DOPA for 3 months ...