Can a Digital Therapy Using Sound and Light Reset the Balance of Alzheimer’s Disease?
Journal Title: Science Insights - Year 2022, Vol 40, Issue 2
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a degenerative cognition-declining disease with no clear understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Currently, no effective therapeutics are available for AD. Amyloid-β (A-β) plaques and tau tangles were considered as the contributing factors to the development of AD. In contrast, controversial exists due to efforts focusing on A-β as a pharmacological therapeutic target was failed. Emerging evidence appeared for the external stimuli applied through vision (LED) and hearing (~40Hz) to certain intensity to dementia subjects with promising results such as reducing A-β and tau tangles in the brain tissue, increasing the brain volume reducing the decline of daily activities and mental status. This optogenetic and sound-derived digital therapeutic maneuver provides a striking way for conquering the development of AD.
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Julia N. Wond, Carson Will
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- EP ID EP712249
- DOI https://doi.org/10.15354/si.22.pe005%20
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