Stimulating gamma rays in the brain could provide new treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease

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There can be little wonder that much of the Alzheimer’s research over the past three decades has focused on finding drugs to remove these plaques – yet we are still waiting for a breakthrough treatment. Now a spate of new studies suggests that an electrical, rather than chemical, approach to treatment may be the answer. And it all hinges on those gamma rhythms, which appear to trigger a kind of clean-up operation in the brain, removing toxins before they can do damage.
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