Alzheimer’s – a new way to treat forgetfulness with “deep stimulation” of the brain | health | Must-have information for better health | DW

Researchers at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin, the German capital A region of the brain that appears to respond to electrical stimulation, in order to treat patients with a disease Alzheimer’sAs reported by the Austrian newspaper “Kurier”.

This method is well known in the treatment of neurological movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and neuropsychiatric disorders (such as obsessive-compulsive disorders), called “deep brain stimulation” (TSH). It is based on implanting tiny electrodes in the brain of patients, which continuously send weak and short electrical impulses to the concerned brain regions. The method has been very successful in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Electrodes implanted in the brain are connected to a pacemaker in the chest via wires passed under the skin. It can be used to adjust current and frequency.

Anna Sofia from the Charite hospital reported that the starting point of the study, which was published in the journal “Nature Communications” “when treating an obese patient, deep brain stimulation led to flashbacks, that is, sudden memories from childhood and adolescence. It was therefore reasonable to assume that the region of The stimulating brain, which is located in the so-called fornix (brain vault), may also be suitable for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.”

Fornix is ​​a tissue of nerve fibers located in the limbic (zoster) system in the hemispheres the brain. This neuron fiber tissue plays a role in converting short-term memory into long-term memory, and thus learning processes.

More clinical studies are needed before deep stimulation can be approved for the brainin the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

Researcher Andreas Horn, of the Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology at Charite Berlin, said the method was “promising” in treating and alleviating symptoms of syphilis. Alzheimer’s.

The number of people with dementia worldwide in 2019 was about 55 million. The numbers are constantly increasing due to age. The costs caused by the disease amount to more than 800 billion euros each year.

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