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Date Submitted:
12/12/07
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Cancer Drugs Appear to Boost Long-Term Memory
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Anti-cancer drugs called histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors improved long-term memory and strengthened neural connections in the brains of mice, says a University of California, Irvine, study. The findings suggest that HDAC inhibitors may prove useful in treating people with Alzheimer's and certain other brain diseases, the researchers said.
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