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To: Marvin Frank who wrote (248)	1/8/1999 7:28:00 PM
From: j g cordes	of 300

Science Headlines- Drinking Wine Could Be Tonic For The Brain Friday January 8 12:23 AM ET Drinking Wine Could Be Tonic For The Brain LONDON (Reuters) - A glass and a half of wine a day could help stave off neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, according to research published Thursday. Italian scientists, reporting in the British journal New Scientist, said a natural chemical produced by vines and concentrated in both grapes and wine triggers a seven-fold increase in the activity and effectiveness of an enzyme called mapkinase. Mapkinase stimulates and regenerates nerve cells. Alberto Bertelli and his team at Milan University said they had tested the chemical -- called reservatrol -- on human neural nerves and found it made the cells grow small extensions through which they could connect with neighboring cells. According to the team, the process can be replicated in people by drinking a glass and a half of wine a day. ''Reservatrol allows the brain cells to get themselves connected to one another again. It is this reconstruction that which reactivates the ability of the elderly to remember,'' Bertelli said. ''By daily reinforcing these contacts, we can prevent neuro degeneration,'' he added. Jim

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