Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 You can teach an old rat new tricks, if you give him a shot of this stuff.
A form of gene therapy that boosted a protein in aged rats’ brains significantly improved the rats’ performance on memory tests, according to a new study.
The protein — called glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, or GDNF — holds promise as a way to relieve memory and motion control loss that comes with old age and with diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, the researchers report in the September Neurobiology of Aging.