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Controlling the level of a fatty acid in the brain could help treat Alzheimer's disease, an American study has suggested.
Tests on mice showed that reducing excess levels of the acid lessened animals' memory problems and behavioural changes.
Writing in Nature Neuroscience, the team said fatty acid levels could be controlled through diet or drugs.
A UK Alzheimer's expert called the work "robust and exciting".
There are currently 700,000 people living with dementia in the UK, but that number is forecast to double within a generation.
news.bbc.co.uk
Tests on mice showed that reducing excess levels of the acid lessened animals' memory problems and behavioural changes.
Writing in Nature Neuroscience, the team said fatty acid levels could be controlled through diet or drugs.
A UK Alzheimer's expert called the work "robust and exciting".
There are currently 700,000 people living with dementia in the UK, but that number is forecast to double within a generation.
BBC NEWS | Health | Fatty acids clue to Alzheimer's
news.bbc.co.uk
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