Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Focused ultrasound works on mice with alzheimer's disease.

Great news!

http://www.sciencealert.com/new-alzheimer-s-treatment-fully-restores-memory-function

  In summary, alzheimers is thought to be caused by plaques building up in the brain, and a protein goop that makes it hard for nutrients and other essential things to move around to where they are needed.  This focused ultrasound treatment opens up the blood-brain barrier for a few hours, letting in microglial cells that remove waste and do cleanup.  In mice, the procedure was non-invasive and returned memory to 75% of recipients.

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