Improving brain's garbage disposal may slow Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases

A drug that boosts activity in the brain's 'garbage disposal' system can decrease levels of toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders and improve cognition in mice, a new study by neuroscientists at Columbia University Medical Center has found.
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