(ANSA) - Rome, December 10 - An Italian neuroscientist has
discovered that inflammation damages memory and could be
responsible for cognitive losses in patients with Alzheimer's,
dementia, multiple sclerosis and other nerve diseases.
Astrocyte cells in the central nervous system react to signs
of inflammation by causing nervous in the brain's memory center,
or hyppocampus, to malfunction, according to Professor Andrea
Volterra from the Lausanne University Department of Cell Biology
and Morphology.
"This discovery could pave the way for new drugs capable of
penetrating the brain...and being effective against one of the
principal symptoms of dementia and other neurodegenerative
diseases," Volterra told ANSA.
His findings were published in Cell journal.
Inflammation damages memory
Could pave way for new Alzheimer's, dementia treatments