Alzheimer's: Anti-seizure drug helps reduce amyloid buildup in brain

Alzheimer's: Anti-seizure drug helps reduce amyloid buildup in brain

Scientists have found that the anti-seizure medication levetiracetam prevents the buildup of faulty amyloid-beta proteins in the brain, which could help prevent Alzheimer's disease.

Anti-seizure drug helps reduce amyloid buildup in brain - Health Care Today

A new study suggests that a decades-old drug may help slow Alzheimer’s disease progression. The research involved animal models, human neurons, and brains from people at a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Specifically, the drug reduced the buildup of Alzheimer’s-related proteins in neurons. A new paper, published in Science Translational Medicine, investigated whether levetiracetam, an anti-seizure medication, could form the basis for innov…