Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Alzheimers update: deep brain stimulation

This is exceptional news. Doctors in England have found that deep brain stimulation via electrodes has a definite effect in reversing symptoms of Alzheimers. In what is, in laymen's terms, a "pacemaker of the brain", some sort of contraption would massage or stimulate the areas of the brain that regulate memory. This could be the miracle!

The pertinent article:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-discover-way-to-reverse-loss-of-memory-775586.html

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