Lithium, already used to treat psychiatric disorders, has been found to reduce amyloid-peptide production in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. The implication is that lithium's target molecule helps to generate the peptides.
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De Strooper, B., Woodgett, J. Mental plaque removal. Nature 423, 392–393 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/423392a
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