Lithium Shows Promise in Reversing and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
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Researchers from Harvard Medical School discovered that lithium levels in the brain are linked to Alzheimer's disease, and that supplementing with lithium can reverse memory loss in mice, suggesting potential new avenues for treatment and early diagnosis in humans.
- Alzheimer's Breakthrough: Lithium Reverses Memory Loss in Mice ScienceAlert
- Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease? Harvard Medical School
- Scientists say it may be possible to protect aging brains from Alzheimer’s with an old remedy — lithium CNN
- Research on reversing Alzheimer’s reveals lithium as potential key The Washington Post
- Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease Nature
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