Milking performance from damaged brains
From Las Vegas, at a meeting of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
Given intravenously, a molecule found in breast milk can improve mental function in people with dementia and in victims of stroke and traumatic brain injury.
Researchers at the University of Palermo in Italy tested the molecule, called glycerophosphocholine (GPC), for its effect on neurological functioning in 2,044 stroke victims. GPC improved the patients’ performance by 27 percent compared with patients not given the treatment, the scientists reported in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.