Brain stimulation could help treat Alzheimer's disease - EurekAlert

Brain stimulation could help treat Alzheimer's disease - EurekAlert
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, but it is not easily treatable. One potential therapy is deep brain stimulation delivered by a kind of pacemaker. A team of researchers at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has found that stimulatin…
image: In persons with Alzheimers disease, the largest positive effect has been observed when stimulating the region between the fornix (green) and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (blue). Als… [+5360 chars] Read More



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