date:Oct 15, 2012
Recent studies have linked caffeine consumption to a reduced risk of Alzheimers disease, and a new University of Illinois study may be able to explain how this happens.
We have discovered a novel signal that activates the brain-based inflammation associated with neurodegenerative diseases, and caffeine appears to block its activity. This discovery may eventually lead to drugs that could reverse or inhibit mild cognitive impairment, said Gregory Freund, a professor in the U of Is College of Medi