Dunedin: Scientists have reported the presence of a hormone in the human body that can be used to prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
A study at the University of Dunedin found that a small amount of the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin can have dramatic effects on the brain, including preventing the progression of Alzheimer’s in the early stages. is also included.
The researchers’ tests showed that leptin can reduce the effects of two toxic proteins (amyloid and tau) in the brain. These proteins accumulate in the brain and cause memory loss and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Professor Jenny Harvey, head of research from the University, said scientists were working at the level of synapses, which are the places where messages are sent in the brain. This is because synapses are affected in the early stages of the disease (when the disease can be eliminated).
Research shows that leptin can significantly slow, even stop, disease progression, he said.
Researchers have discovered six of the hormone’s 167 amino acid segments that are capable of preventing the negative effects of amyloid and tau in the brain.
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