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Brain discovery holds key to boosting body’s ability to fight Alzheimer’s, MS
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Brain discovery holds key to boosting body’s ability to fight Alzheimer’s, MS

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: UVA NEUROSCIENTIST JOHN LUKENS, PHD, SAID THE NEW DISCOVERY “PROVIDES A POTENT STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE THE TOXIC CULPRITS THAT CAUSE MEMORY LOSS AND IMPAIRED MOTOR CONTROL IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE.” CREDIT: DAN ADDISON | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA COMMUNICATIONS UVA Health researchers have discovered a molecule in the brain responsible for...

Flickering light mobilizes brain chemistry that may fight Alzheimer’s
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Flickering light mobilizes brain chemistry that may fight Alzheimer’s

by Ben Brumfield, Georgia Institute of Technology For over a century, Alzheimer’s disease has confounded all attempts to treat it. But in recent years, perplexing experiments using flickering light have shown promise. Now, researchers have tapped into how the flicker may work. They discovered in the lab that the exposure to light pulsing at 40...