They are claiming that amyloids are used for long term memory (ie getting rid of amyloid-beta may be a bad for Alzheimer's patients), but don't really make the

They are claiming that amyloids are used for long term memory (ie getting rid of amyloid-beta may be a bad for Alzheimer's patients), but don't really make the connection. The amyloid-beta is protective/compensatory idea has been around for while. "Long term memory" here is a fly not trying to mate 48 hours after being rejected though: >"In this paradigm, male flies learn to suppress their courtship behavior upon repeated exposure to an unreceptive female. The 201Y-Gal4:UAS-CG4612RNAi flies developed normally, and when tested, they did not display a deficit in shortterm memory or memory up to a day. However, when tested 48 hr after training, there was significant impairment in learned suppression of male courtship"