Muscle Cathepsin B treatment improves behavioral and neurogenic deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease
Alejandro Pinto, Hazal Haytural, Cássio Morais Loss, Claudia Álvarez, Asude Ertas, Olivia Curtis, Alyssa R. Williams, Grayson Murphy, Kenneth J. Salleng, Sylvia Gografe, Nishant P. Visavadiya, Andy V. Khamoui, Ali Altıntaş, Tal Kafri, Romain Barrès, , Henriette van Praag
This study shows that increasing Cathepsin B in skeletal muscle of Alzheimer's mice improves memory and neurogenesis without affecting plaque pathology.
Aging Cell · Oct 5, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience