A drug commonly prescribed to patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease and 'able to boost learning in healthy people. And 'what neuroscientists have found the University' of California at Berkeley (USA) in a study published online
on 'Current Biology'.
E 'was shown that healthy individuals who take donepezil are much more' clever 'in performing a task that was to define the directions of movement of some dots on a screen, compared to the placebo group.
Ne 'the researchers' participants knew who was taking placebo or donepezil, a cholinesterase inhibitor that enhances the effects of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain. "We wanted to better understand - highlights Michael Silver, Professor of Optometry and Neuroscience at their university in California - the biological mechanisms underlying the ability 'to learn new tasks, and in so doing to shed light on what specific neural processes are favored by donepezil. This is 'the first study to demonstrate that this drug can' improve learning in healthy people. "
Source: Adnkronos / Adnkronos Health
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