In past studies, NT-020 has been shown to have beneficial effects on animals with simulated stroke.
NT-020 has also been shown to encourage the proliferation of adult stem cells, which have the potential to develop into tissue and bone cells and also migrate to areas of damage to help with repair.
That increased stem cell proliferation coincided with better cognitive performance is significant.
They found that NT-020 treated animals had fewer activated inflammatory cells in the brain, reflecting a decrease in factors that reduced the production of stem cells.
"NT-020 may have not only a positive effect on the stem cell niche. NT-020 may have far-reaching effects on organ function beyond the replacement of injured cells, as demonstrated by cognitive improvement in the NT-020 group," concluded Bickford.
The study was published in the current issue of Rejuvenation Research.
Source-ANI