Brain stimulation reverses age-related memory loss - Neuroscience News"Summary:
Transcranial magnetic stimulation applied to the parietal lobe improves the function of brain areas important for memory which are disrupted by aging.
The study reports TMS helps improve memory in older adults experiencing memory loss to the level of younger adults.
Source: Northwestern University
...“Older people’s memory got better up to the level that we could no longer tell them apart from younger people,” said lead investigator Joel Voss, associate professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
“They got substantially better.”
“They got substantially better.”
The study used Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to target the hippocampus – the brain region that atrophies as people grow older, which is responsible for memory decline.
The study will be published April 17 in Neurology..."
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