Brain Pacemakers Are Starting To Be Used To Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

Deep - brain stimulation — the practice of implanting a SA node - like shocker deeply in the recesses of your dome — have been used for treating conditions like Parkinson ’s or even depression , butnow they ’ve receive a new mountain to go up : Alzheimer ’s .

For the very first times , surgeons at Johns Hopkins have used a Einstein - implant pacer machine to attempt to slow down storage loss in a patient suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer ’s . So far there ’s only one patient with a computer memory - saving zapper , but a second is on the mode along with about 40 others over the track of the next year , with the help of several other research institute . After implantation , the sinoatrial node nuke a part of the brain called the fornix with up to 130 eruption of electricity per second , all without disturbing the nous ’s proprietor .

The researchers hope that this will be an effectual solution at cover Alzheimer ’s in and of itself , but if nothing else it should at least allow valuable information that could further other treatment as well . Johns Hopkins is currently accepting volunteers for the program , and hopefully those implants will give them — and all who follow — a combat chance at hang on to those precious memories . [ ExtremeTech ]

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