It is hoped that new research into brain memory may help unlock treatments for memory disorders in old age, including Alzheimer's.

Experts have pinpointed a part of the brain that seems to hold the key to recognising places we have been to before. The mice used in the study were genetically altered to interfere with brain cells in this area of the brain known as the dentate gyrus. After the mice had been altered they became confused and disorientated.

Although the studies have revealed more about the parts of the brain involved in memory it is still a long way from developing a treatment for use in humans to help combat the problems in this particularly area of the brain.

Source : BBC News
Date : 9/06/2007

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