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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1696/brain_plants.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Mediterranean Plants May Help Brain Diseases' data-article-id='2214'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='16688'>In the future, chemicals from plants found in and around the Mediterranean may be used to help treat people with brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.</span> <span data-start-time='16688' data-end-time='23500'>These two diseases are age-related and neurodegenerative.</span> <span data-start-time='23500' data-end-time='32708'>Neurodegenerative relates to the degeneration of nervous tissue, especially the brain.</span> <span data-start-time='32708' data-end-time='42208'>People suffering from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's have deposits of sticky plaque in their brains.</span> <span data-start-time='42208' data-end-time='47333'>Over time, this plaque reduces brain function. </span> <span data-start-time='47333' data-end-time='51229'>Eventually, it causes death.</span> <span data-start-time='51229' data-end-time='64479'>But scientists say the plaque deposits can be reduced with chemicals from plants, including prickly pear and brown seaweed.</span> <span data-start-time='64479' data-end-time='76917'>Scientists say the chemicals or, extracts appear to replace the harmful, sticky plaque with deposits that are less harmful.</span> <span data-start-time='76917' data-end-time='89938'>These scientists are researchers at the University of Malta and the National Center of Scientific Research at the University of Bordeaux.</span> <span data-start-time='89938' data-end-time='98208'>They tested the chemical extracts of the plants on a substance called Brewer's yeast.</span> <span data-start-time='98208' data-end-time='106083'>This yeast had plaque deposits similar to those seen in Alzheimer's disease.</span> <span data-start-time='106083' data-end-time='115646'>Scientists say the health of the yeast improved greatly after exposure to the chemical extracts.</span> <span data-start-time='115646' data-end-time='126146'>Researchers then tested the extracts in fruit flies that were genetically changed to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's.</span> <span data-start-time='126146' data-end-time='135375'>They found that when the flies were given brown seaweed extract, their lifespans increased by two days.</span> <span data-start-time='135375' data-end-time='141750'>Prickly pear helped the insects live four days longer.</span> <span data-start-time='141750' data-end-time='145875'>That may not sound like a long time.</span> <span data-start-time='145875' data-end-time='156063'>However, the researchers remind us that one day in the life of a fruit fly is equal to one human year.</span> <span data-start-time='156063' data-end-time='164521'>Researchers also noted that movement in some diseased insects improved.</span> <span data-start-time='164521' data-end-time='170771'>They reported their findings in the journal Neuroscience Letters.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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