Up to now, reversing Alzheimers symptoms has been thought to be impossible. British researchers believe there is a chance that the brain cells that were previously thought to be dead can, in fact, be brought back to life before permanent damage sets in
Note this doesn’t repair brain cells after permanent damage has occurred. Researchers at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge researched the small axons that connect brain cells together. The found that these axons started swelling and are damaged and die before brain cells die. This process of axon death can take up to four months according to the researchers.
Publishing test results in the journal “Brain” Dr. Michael Coleman suggested that drugs could be developed that would repair or bring these axons back to life if caught early enough. There would appear to be a window of opportunity to repair preliminary damage or reconnect the brain cells that are not yet dead.
Bottom Line
This is quite experimental work and no drugs or clinical trials are yet underway but it would seem to hold promise for future work in slowing, stopping or reversing Alzheimers disease. But at the present time, reversing Alzheimers isn’t possible.
Barbara Cowan
September 3rd, 2010
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