Researchers from Fukuoka University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences describe findings in ischemia cell biology

Fresh data on ischemia are presented in the report 'Spatial memory impairment without apoptosis induced by the combination of beta-amyloid oligomers and cerebral ischemia is related to decreased acetylcholine release in rats.' According to recent research from Fukuoka, Japan, "The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of beta-amyloid (Abeta) oligomers, not the fibrils that make up Abeta plaques, on spatial memory and the cholinergic system in rats. Recently, several researchers have suggested that small assemblies of Abeta, Abeta oligomers, caused memory loss during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease without showing cell death."

"In the present...

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