Not exact matches
For example, after
receiving THC,
young mice took longer to learn where a safe platform was hidden in a water maze, and they had a harder time recognizing another
mouse to which they had previously been exposed.
Long after the treatments were applied, during a time point in
mice that approximates
young adulthood in humans, the investigators examined the impact of the simulated infections on the brain, comparing their results to those from
mice that had
received inactive injections.
After
receiving an injection of neural stem cells from
young mice, however, they performed as well as healthy
mice did.
Previous studies found better muscle health and stronger healing in old
mice receiving blood from a
younger counterpart.
Among the
mice that
received no THC, the middle - aged and elderly animals did far worse than the
young ones.
Beta - catenin levels were much lower in old
mice that had
received young blood, suggesting that a molecule present lowers beta - catenin and promotes bone growth.
Young people also perform worse in learning and memory tests in the hours and days after smoking cannabis, but a joint delivers far higher doses than the
mice received.
Old
mice getting plasma from
young animals performed better than those
receiving plasma from other elderly
mice.
This 3 - D image shows new blood vessels, in green, that grew in a
mouse's brain after the animal
received blood from a
younger mouse.
Bottom Line:
Young mice that
received molecularly targeted therapies used to treat brain cancer in human patients sustained cognitive and behavioral deficits, but the deficits were largely reversible through environmental stimulation and physical exercise.
What they discovered was that in
young mice, the tiny protrusions that sometimes develop into longer spines on the
receiving end of neurons grew at a rapid rate.
The
mice used in all these the studies were treated with memantine from a very
young age, and we don't know what would happen if the
mice received it only after they got sick - which is how most human patients are treated.
Imagine if, at the click of a
mouse,
young lawyers could
receive mentoring from some of the legal profession's most highly regarded practitioners.