Tobacco-derived compound prevents memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease mice

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Tampa, FL (For immediate release) -- Cotinine, a compound derived from tobacco, reduced plaques associated with dementia and prevented memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, a study led by researchers at Bay Pines VA Healthcare S...

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