Ashwagandha: Medicinal plant shows promise for Alzheimer’s treatment

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Ashwagandha: Medicinal plant shows promise for Alzheimer’s treatment

http://www.pnas.org/site/misc/highlights.shtml#plant

Increased secreted amyloid precursor protein-? (sAPP?) in severe autism:

proposal of a specific, anabolic pathway and putative biomarker.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731612>

Ray B, Long JM, Sokol DK, Lahiri DK.

PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e20405.

Autism, Alzheimer disease, and fragile X: APP, FMRP, and mGluR5 are

molecular links. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21482951>

Sokol DK, Maloney B, Long JM, Ray B, Lahiri DK.

Neurology. 2011 Apr 12;76(15):1344-52.

Peripheral biomarkers in Autism: secreted amyloid precursor

protein-alpha as a probable key player in early diagnosis.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19079679>

AR, Giunta BN, Obregon D, Nikolic WV, Tian J, Sanberg CD, Sutton

DT, Tan J.

Int J Clin Exp Med. 2008;1(4):338-44. Epub 2008 Oct 15.

High levels of Alzheimer beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) in

children with severely autistic behavior and aggression.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16948926>

Sokol DK, Chen D, Farlow MR, Dunn DW, Maloney B, Zimmer JA, Lahiri DK.

J Child Neurol. 2006 Jun;21(6):444-9.

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