Scientists Stop Memory Decay by Administering Nasal Therapy to Mice

According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around  6 million people in the United States suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Of the Americans afflicted with this debilitating condition, there are 200,000 people under 60 with early-onset Alzheimer’s.

Scientists believe that Alzheimer’s is caused when proteins build up abnormally in and around brain cells, either forming plaque around the brain cells or tangles within the cells. A protein called amyloid forms plaque around the cells while a protein called tau forms tangles in the cells. We still don’t know what leads to this buildup of proteins. This buildup results in a reduction in the movement of neurotransmitters between brain cells and causes areas of the brain to start shrinking, usually starting with the areas that handle memories.

More than a century after the disease was first described, we still don’t have a cure. As such, more than 50 million people worldwide live with Alzheimer’s and are forced to deal with symptoms including confusion, problems with writing or speaking and memory loss.

However, scientists from LSU Health New Orleans and Sweden’s Karolinska Institute have revealed findings that could point to a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s. For quite a while, scientists have suspected that neuro-inflammation plays a role in the development of the memory-loss disease. By nasally delivering a noninvasive compound with anti-inflammatory properties to test mice, the researchers were able to halt the memory decay that is associated with Alzheimer’s. The study results show that it is possible to use a noninvasive, intranasal delivery method to alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

Furthermore, Dr. Tharick Pascoal, an assistant professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine, says that the study “supports the idea” that medication with anti-inflammatory effects would have a protective, therapeutic effect rather than a harmful effect.

Although Pascoal wasn’t involved in this research, he was the lead author of a similar study that was conducted in 2021. He notes that while several studies have found that anti-inflammatory agents have the ability to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in mice, the results have not been replicated in human trials.

He also states that the presence of amyloid plaques doesn’t always result in the development of Alzheimer’s, pointing to another possible cause. Recent studies have suggested that inflammation could be the elusive cause of Alzheimer’s. Pascoal posits that neuro-inflammation in the brain cells coupled with dysfunctional inflammation-related cells could trigger the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Several companies are pursuing other options to manage these mental health conditions. For instance, Silo Pharma Inc. (OTCQB: SILO) is looking to merge traditional pharmaceutical approaches with cutting-edge psychedelic research in order to develop new medications that will offer better outcomes in the treatment of PTSD, Alzheimer’s and other neurological indications.

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