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Tackling cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s disease: One ‘STEP’ at a time

October 18, 2010 by

Lowering levels of a key protein involved in regulating learning and memory -- STtriatal-Enriched tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) -- reversed cognitive deficits in mice with Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.

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