Zapping the brain with electricity twice a day can reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's in WEEKS, study suggests
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Zapping the brain with electricity twice a day can reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's in WEEKS, study suggests

Daily Mail  

Zapping the brain with electricity twice a day may reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a small study has suggested. The therapy, called transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS for short, involves two electrodes placed over specific areas of a person's head, such as the prefrontal cortex, which deliver a constant low intensity electrical current. In the study, some 140 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease from four hospitals were randomly allocated to receive either two daily sessions of tDCS, or sham tDCS, for five days of the week for a maximum period of six weeks. The Mini-Mental State Exam and Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive test, which test language and memory, were used to evaluate cognitive performance at the beginning of the trial, after two weeks, and again after six weeks.

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Help for Alzheimer’s patients? Zapping brain with electric current in sleep may boost memory, claim scientists
8 years, 7 months ago

Help for Alzheimer’s patients? Zapping brain with electric current in sleep may boost memory, claim scientists

India TV News  

In a significant development, scientists have claimed that brain zapping treatment while you are sleeping may boost your memory. Researchers have discovered that by using ‘tACS’, or ‘trans-cranial alternating current stimulation’ on the brain, they were able to enhance the memory of 12 healthy male test subjects. The waves were administered via electrodes placed on the scalp, which sent an …

Testing brain pacemakers to zap Alzheimer’s damage
12 years, 2 months ago

Testing brain pacemakers to zap Alzheimer’s damage

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It has the makings of a science fiction movie: Zap someone’s brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer’s disease. A dramatic shift is beginning in the disappointing struggle to find something to slow the damage of this epidemic: The first U.S. experiments with “brain pacemakers” for Alzheimer’s are …

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