The mice needed to take the drug in advance of a heart attack in order for it to be effective.

为了使这种药物起作用，实验小鼠需要在心脏病发作之前服用此药物。

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Holtzman also tried sending the mice to sleep with a drug that is being trialled for insomnia, called Almorexant. This reduced the amount of plaque-forming protein.

Holtzman也试图让失眠老鼠服用过被称为Almorexant的安眠药，强迫它睡眠，噬斑的确得到减少。

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The drug used on the mice, Vorinostat, is already used to treat a rare blood cancer but is too destructive for use in the human brain.

这种用于试验小鼠的药物学名叫伏立诺他 ( vorinostat ) ，它被用于治疗一种罕见的血癌，但目前会对大脑造成严重的破坏。

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