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, and the results show considerable promise, even providing a mechanism for how it works, and highlighting a potential growth factor that could mimic the results.
In this study, three weeks after the foot shocks were conducted , the researchers tested the mice, finding that the animals that had been given the CSF from young mice showed higher-than-average freezing rates, suggesting they had better memory. "When we took a deeper look into gene changes that occurred in the hippocampus , we found, to our surprise, a strong signature of genes that belong to oligodendrocytes," Iram told ScienceAlert.
Oligodendrocytes are particularly helpful because they produce myelin, a material that covers and insulates neuron fibers. The infusion of FGF17 was itself able to help the older mice increase memory ability.
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