YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale study shows way to re re-stimulate brain cell growth.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 October 1999-YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale study shows way to re-stimulate brain cell growth (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:211099 * Results Could Boost Understanding of Alzheimer's, Other Brain Disorders New Haven, Conn. -- Yale scientists have discovered that the growth of brain cells, which normally ends in adolescence, can be re-stimulated in mature neurons with a molecular mechanism known as Notch signaling.

Because Notch signaling also may be involved in the progression of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, the results published in the October 22 issue of Science could help scientists find ways to treat, or even prevent, this and other brain disorders. "Our results not only help in our understanding of brain development, but...