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Old 09-24-2009, 05:07 AM #1
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Default about Parkinson's-associated Dementia, sleep and curcomin

Research confirms what most of us allready know !!

http://speech-language-pathology-aud...aspx?cc=207288

Parkinson's disease is well-known for impairing movement and causing tremors, but many patients also develop other serious problems, including sleep disturbances and significant losses in cognitive function known as dementia. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have modeled Parkinson's-associated dementia for the first time. Scientists showed that a single night of sleep loss in genetically altered fruit flies caused long-lasting disruptions in the flies' cognitive abilities comparable to aspects of Parkinson's-associated dementia. They then blocked this effect by feeding the flies large doses of the spice curcumin
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