• How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer's mice

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 9 19:37:27 2024
    How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer's
    mice

    Study finds stimulating a key brain rhythm with light and sound
    increases peptide release from interneurons, driving clearance of an Alzheimer's protein.

    Studies at MIT and elsewhere are producing mounting evidence that
    light flickering and sound clicking at the gamma brain rhythm
    frequency of 40 hertz (Hz) can reduce Alzheimer's disease (AD)
    progression and treat symptoms in human volunteers as well as lab
    mice. In a new open-access study in Nature using a mouse model of the
    disease, MIT researchers reveal a key mechanism that may contribute to
    these beneficial effects: clearance of amyloid proteins, a hallmark of
    AD pathology, via the brain's glymphatic system, a recently discovered "plumbing" network parallel to the brain's blood vessels.

    https://news.mit.edu/2024/how-sensory-gamma-rhythm-stimulation-clears-amyloid-alzheimers-0307

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)