Neurotrophins, a family of protein formed by various factors, have been identified as an important element in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Years ago, the magazine Nature He published that one of the factors integrated into them avoided neuronal death in models of brain injuries in primates and rats, but also avoided cognitive dysfunction in these animals in advanced ages.
Studies on cognitive function (memory, attention, functional independence, etc.)
In 2009 the International Magazine Phytotherapy Research published the scientific article Improving Effects of the Mushroom Yamabushitake (Hericium erinaceus) On Mild cognitive unpaid: a Double-Blind Placebo-Controlledge Clinical Trial in which the results of a double-blind and placebo-controlled study made 30 50-80-year-old individuals who presented a mild cognitive impairment (according to the Hasegawa dementia scale) were collected.
Studies on oxidative processes
Oxidative damage is also common in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's. LThe results of an essay with 42 subjects was published in the article Triterpenoids and polysaccharide peptides-enriched win.
Studies on synaptic degeneration
The synaptic degeneration, which we could explain and summarize how the disappearance of communication between neurons is key in the neurodegenerative process of Alzheimer's disease. This is collected in another recent study with Ganoderma lucidum published in 2008: Beta-Ramyloid antagonizing peptide neurotoxicity of the anti-aging fungus ganoderma lucidum.