The Curry Spice Curcumin Reduces Oxidative Damage and Amyloid Pathology in an Alzheimer Transgenic Mouse

This work was supported by National Institute on Aging Grant AG13471 (G.M.C.), Veterans Affairs Merit, the Alzheimer Association, and The Elizabeth and Thomas Plott Family Foundation. We thank Dr. Karen Hsiao Ashe for her continued support and collaboration in studies pertaining to the Tg2576 mouse. We acknowledge Boris Oks, John Alcantara, Veronica Talamantes, and Ulises Garcia for their excellent work genotyping the transgenic mice. We are also grateful to Dr. Judith Harker for her help with the statistical analyses.

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Gregory M. Cole, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, GRECC11E, University of Los Angeles, Departments of Medicine and Neurology (San Fernando Valley Program), 16111 Plummer Street, Sepulveda, CA 91343. E-mail: gmcole{at}ucla.edu.