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Blockade of learning and memory genes may occur early in Alzheimer’s disease: Treatable in mice

February 29, 2012 by

A repression of gene activity in the brain appears to be an early event affecting people with Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found. In mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, this epigenetic blockade and its effects on memory were treatable.

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