'Alzheimer's' Treatment Updates: Flickering Lights Possible Treatment In The Future? What We Need To Know!
Flickering lights may be the hope for people suffering from Alzheimer's. There is a new research done to mice that flickering lights can treat Alzheimer's disease. The flickering lights are seen to reduce the toxic proteins that are seen in Alzheimer's.
This latest study has found that exposing the brain that has Alzheimer's to the flickering lights will reduce the risk of the disease. The lights help synchronize the brain activity to activate the brain's immune system. This way the brain's immune cells absorb the sticky amyloid proteins which are found in patients with Alzheimer's.
In the research, which has been done on mice, the subject is exposed to a flickering light for an hour each day. After a week, the research showed a 60% reduction on the amyloid proteins that are present in those with Alzheimer's disease.
The research done to mice may have a broad positive effect on the human brain with Alzheimer's. This new findings of the flickering lights to be able to treat Alzheimer's disease is still to be done to the human brain. However, this is not far from being effective since it already is working with the mice as the subjects.
This new research has been initiated by the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The director of MIT's Picower Institute of Learning and Memory Li-Huei Tsai shares that the light therapy for Alzheimer's does not include anything that is injected into the brain. The lights that the brain is exposed to are very mild and do not harm any body part.
Meanwhile, a report indicates that the rate of dementia in the United States is declining recently. This is one great news for Alzheimer's disease. The disease however is still imminent and what cases it is a buildup of the beta-amyloid and tau. These happen to be the two toxic proteins that buildup for years in the brain and show the signs at a later part.
It is great to hope that the new research of the flickering lights to cure "Alzheimer's" may be a possibility. However, a healthy lifestyle can still be the best prevention for the disease.
