Scientists Use Spinal Fluid , From Young Mice to Reverse , Age-Related Memory Loss.<br />NPR reports that a team <br />at Stanford University has successfully <br />reversed memory loss in mice.<br />The team found that an infusion of spinal fluid <br />taken from young mice was able to reverse <br />memory loss experienced by aging animals. .<br />The team found that an infusion of spinal fluid <br />taken from young mice was able to reverse <br />memory loss experienced by aging animals. .<br />Tony Wyss-Coray, a neuroscientist and senior author of the study, said that a growth factor found in the spinal fluid was also able to improve memory.<br />Tony Wyss-Coray, a neuroscientist and senior author of the study, said that a growth factor found in the spinal fluid was also able to improve memory.<br />When we put the factor <br />in the mice, they actually are <br />better able to perform a memory <br />task where they have to remember <br />something that happened to them <br />(a small electric shock), Tony Wyss-Coray, Neuroscientist and <br />senior author of the study, via NPR.<br />The findings, which were published in the journal <br />'Nature,' could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's <br />disease and other age-related conditions. .<br />NPR reports that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) <br />bathes the brain and the spinal cord. .<br />We were hoping that by mimicking <br />a young environment, that the brain <br />would respond to that with better function, Tony Wyss-Coray, Neuroscientist and <br />senior author of the study, via NPR.<br />Maria Lehtinen, a neuroscientist at Harvard <br />Medical School, has been studying the role CSF <br />plays in the development of mouse brains. .<br />We found that the CSF delivers <br />these important health and growth <br />promoting factors that can, essentially, <br />modulate brain growth, Maria Lehtinen, Neuroscientist <br />at Harvard Medical School, via NPR.<br />What's been lacking, so far, is the next <br />step of testing whether these CSF factors <br />can confer benefits to adult [brains], Maria Lehtinen, Neuroscientist <br />at Harvard Medical School, via NPR
