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Study Reveals Potential to Reverse Age-Related Memory Loss

6/19/2025

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A groundbreaking study in *Molecular Psychiatry* uncovers that boosting chondroitin 6-sulphate levels in the brain's perineuronal nets can reverse age-related memory loss in mice. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University of Leeds believe this promising mechanism could pave the way for preventing memory decline in humans as we age.

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A groundbreaking study in *Molecular Psychiatry* uncovers that boosting chondroitin 6-sulphate levels in the brain's perineuronal nets can reverse age-related memory loss in mice. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University of Leeds believe this promising mechanism could pave the way for preventing memory decline in humans as we age.