NTU discovers new dementia treatment by sending electrical impulses to the brain

Posted: Published on April 7th, 2015

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Melody Zaccheus

The Straits Times

Publication Date : 07-04-2015

Sending electrical pulses to the front of the brain could enhance the growth of new brain cells.

This improves short and long-term memory, and reduces the effects of dementia related conditions such as as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

"Minute" amounts of electricity are all that is needed to stimulate the front of the brain, which is involved in memory retention, to produce neurons.

This therapeutic procedure was discovered by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) scientists on March 13.

Their finding was published in eLife, a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Wellcome Trust.

A recent study on nearly 5,000 seniors in Singapore found that one in 10 people aged 60 and above has dementia.

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