Scientists Use Spinal Fluid , From Young Mice to Reverse , Age-Related Memory Loss.br NPR reports that a team br at Stanford University has successfully br reversed memory loss in mice.br The team found that an infusion of spinal fluid br taken from young mice was able to reverse br memory loss experienced by aging animals. .br The team found that an infusion of spinal fluid br taken from young mice was able to reverse br memory loss experienced by aging animals. .br Tony Wyss-Coray, a neuroscientist and senior author of the study, said that a growth factor found in the spinal fluid was also able to improve memory.br Tony Wyss-Coray, a neuroscientist and senior author of the study, said that a growth factor found in the spinal fluid was also able to improve memory.br When we put the factor br in the mice, they actually are br better able to perform a memory br task where they have to remember br something that happened to them br (a small electric shock), Tony Wyss-Coray, Neuroscientist and br senior author of the study, via NPR.br The findings, which were published in the journal br 'Nature,' could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's br disease and other age-related conditions. .br NPR reports that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) br bathes the brain and the spinal cord. .br We were hoping that by mimicking br a young environment, that the brain br would respond to that with better function, Tony Wyss-Coray, Neuroscientist and br senior author of the study, via NPR.br Maria Lehtinen, a neuroscientist at Harvard br Medical School, has been studying the role CSF br plays in the development of mouse brains. .br We found that the CSF delivers br these important health and growth br promoting factors that can, essentially, br modulate brain growth, Maria Lehtinen, Neuroscientist br at Harvard Medical School, via NPR.