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Dopamine Treatment Shows Promise in Reducing Alzheimer’s Plaques

A groundbreaking study in Science Signaling has made a big discovery. Dopamine treatment could be key to reducing harmful plaques in the brain. This could also help improve memory in mice with Alzheimer’s disease1. The study found that turning on dopamine neurons increased neprilysin levels. Neprilysin breaks down amyloid-beta proteins1. Then, tests showed that L-DOPA, […]