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Memory stays strong in old age when this brain enzyme is active
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Screening of mouse hippocampus cells (pictured) identified an enzyme whose production rose with age. Credit: Talley Lambert/Science Photo Library
An enzyme found in the brain could help to preserve cognitive resilience with advancing age, according to research in mice, humans and cells1. Researchers found that high levels of the enzyme are linked to low levels of inflammation in the brains of aged mice.
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Researchers found that high levels of the enzyme are linked to low levels of inflammation in the brains of aged mice.
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- Credit: Talley Lambert/Science Photo Library An enzyme found in the brain could help to preserve cognitive resilience with advancing age, according to research in mice, humans and cells1.
- Researchers found that high levels of the enzyme are linked to low levels of inflammation in the brains of aged mice.
- The findings were reported on 15 October in Nature Neuroscience.
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