Experts' Anaesthetic Link to Dementia

Daily PostFebruary 08, 2007

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A COMMONLY used general anaesthetic can induce the kind of biochemical changes seen in Alzheimer's disease, scientists said today

Laboratory studies showed that exposing brain cells to isoflurane leads to the generation of a type of protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's.

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Experts' Anaesthetic Link to Dementia

Amyloid beta protein is a key component of the toxic deposits, or plaques...

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