Flashing Light, Sound Restore Memory in Alzheimer's Mice

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Mice <i>clap</i> don’t <i>clap</i> get <i>clap</i> Alzheimer’s.<p>They have neural plaques, artificially, chemically induced, that are coincident with Alzheimer’s in humans.

There was a RadioLab special on this a few years ago:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wnyc.org&#x2F;story&#x2F;flashing-light-therapy-alzheimers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wnyc.org&#x2F;story&#x2F;flashing-light-therapy-alzheimers...</a>

&gt;exposed laboratory mice that genetically predisposed to Alzheimer&#x27;s disease to a light flickering at 40 hertz for one hour a day. They found that this treatment reduced the levels of tau and amyloid beta in visual cortex of the brain and stimulated the activity of debris-clearing immune cells.<p>does it mean that old CRT TVs and monitors kept our Alzheimer at bay?

People have already tried to reproduce results in humans, here is one such study:<p><pre><code> https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hindawi.com&#x2F;journals&#x2F;ijad&#x2F;2018&#x2F;6852303&#x2F; </code></pre> I am unaware of any successful results.

I&#x27;ve heard people talk about binaural beats before, but always brushed it off as pseudoscience.<p>&gt; The noninvasive treatment induces brain waves called gamma oscillations.<p>Is this true? Does anyone have a link that explains these brain wave patterns in layman&#x27;s terms? What exactly is happening to my brain when listening to these sounds?

So, was The Lawnmower Man ahead of its time?

This effect has been on here before, some people have had incredible effects with this. I&#x27;ve relatives who&#x27;ve (had) Alzheimer&#x27;s, it seems worth following a &quot;cleaning cycle&quot; every now and again even if results aren&#x27;t proven as it seems there is no evidence of harmful effects either.

I didn&#x27;t know if treatments targeting amyloid directly would improve memory, but this tests both in one study, which is pretty great--big effects on memory and amyloid plaques.<p>Also, I think Ruth Benca at UCI can measure amyloid levels in humans using high-resolution EEG.

Sonic the Hedgehog knows what&#x27;s up.

I would love to try this at home, but would have no means of measuring whether it reduced the plaques..