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aromatic-turmerone, NF-kB, microglia - anatabine

http://www.life-enhancement.com/magazine/article/3260-turmerone-induces-neural-stem-cell-proliferation

Above link is to an article by Will Block, in Life Enhancemment Magazine, December 2015

This article is interesting in many ways, but the following notes bear on the research being done at Roskamp Institute with anatabine citrate. The connection is the effect on NF-kB and microglia cells.

Previous studies of ar-turmerone have shown that it can block activation of neuroinflammatory microglia cells, thus helping to prevent assorted neurological disorders.

Park SY, Jin ML, Kim YH, Kim Y, Lee SJ. Anti-inflammatory effects of aromatic-turmerone through blocking of NF-?B, JNK, and p38 MAPK signaling pathways in amyloid ß-stimulated microglia. Int Immunopharmacol. 2012 Sep;14(1):13?–?20.

Block's research has been excellent, for many years. Anything he writes is worth reading.

Anything being done at Roskamp with regard to anatabine citrate is important to RCPI.