{"id":173058,"date":"2023-09-29T10:44:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/alzheimers-research-breakthrough"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:42:11","slug":"alzheimers-research-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/alzheimers-research-breakthrough","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimer\u2019s research breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/alzheimers-research-breakthrough.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Restoration of lost memories.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Bryce Vissel, who leads the Clinical Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine Initiative (CNRM) at St Vincent\u2019s Centre for Applied Medical Research, and his team, have identified a molecule in the brain that controls loss of nerve cell connections.<\/p>\n<p>This molecule we are calling \u2018the switch\u2019 is decreased in the Alzheimer\u2019s brain but no one really understands why, or what role it plays. When \u2018encouraged\u2019 or \u2018forced\u2019 to be expressed normally again, in our laboratory tests of a mouse model, this molecule can actually rescue its memory.<\/p>\n<p>We have been able to also restore the mouse model\u2019s synapses. Synapses refer to the\u2026 More.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Leaving a bequest is a selfless act of generosity. Hear how Robin Ann Underhill helped St Vincent\u2019s continue compassionate care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restoration of lost memories. Prof Bryce Vissel, who leads the Clinical Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine Initiative (CNRM) at St Vincent\u2019s Centre for Applied Medical Research, and his team, have identified a molecule in the brain that controls loss of nerve cell connections. This molecule we are calling \u2018the switch\u2019 is decreased in the Alzheimer\u2019s brain [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173116,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173058\/revisions\/173116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}