Low growth hormone levels linked to memory defects later in life can be prevented with early growth hormone treatment
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 11:35
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have shown that early growth hormone supplementation in rats with growth hormone deficiency can prevent defects in memory developing later in adulthood. The study is the first to show that memory defects in adults as a result of growth hormone deficiency arising in childhood can be prevented by growth hormone treatment during adolescence.