Ho hlahisoa ha li-neuron moetlong ho isa ho li-nanomolar tsa Hg2 + ho bonts'itsoe hore ho hlahisitse matšoao a mararo a amoheloang ka ho fetesisa a lefu la Alzheimer's (AD). Matšoao ana a AD ke liprotheine tse phahameng tsa amyloid, hyper-phosphorylation ea Tau, le sebopeho sa likhoele tsa neurofibrillary (NFTs). Ho fokotsa ho pepesehela mohloli ofe kapa ofe oa mercury ho khothalletsoa haholo. IAOMT e fana ka tharollo ea ho sireletsa basebetsi, bakuli le tikoloho likotsing tsa mercury ea meno.
