FACTS:
Previously, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can improve cognitive and memory impairments similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s patients. After flashing light 40 times a second into the eyes of engineered mice treated their version of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers added sound of a similar frequency and found it dramatically improved the results. The findings showed that the plaque proteins that were present in the brain began to clear away. These results hint at a possible cheap and drug-free way to treat the common form of dementia.
QUOTES:
Li-Huei Tsai, one of the researchers from MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory:
“When we combine visual and auditory stimulation for a week, we see the engagement of the prefrontal cortex and a very dramatic reduction of amyloid,” … “The result was so mind-boggling and so robust, it took a while for the idea to sink in, but we knew we needed to work out a way of trying out the same thing in humans,”
SOURCE:
To read the source for this article from the scientific research journal ‘Cell’, click here.
