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Review: Evidence expanding that 40Hz gamma stimulation promotes brain health

15 hours ago picower.mit.edu brain

Light flickering and sound clicking at the gamma brain rhythm frequency of 40 Hz reduce Alzheimer’s disease progression in a mouse model through clearance of amyloid proteins via the brain’s glymphatic system, a recently discovered “plumbing” network parallel to the brain’s blood vessels.

12 months ago picower.mit.edu brain disease neuroscience

A new study shows that Alzheimer’s model mice exposed to 40 Hz vibration an hour a day for several weeks showed improved brain health and motor function compared to untreated controls

21 months ago picower.mit.edu brain neuroscience

A single memory is stored across many connected brain regions

2 years ago picower.mit.edu brain

Neurons are fickle. Electric fields are more reliable for information

2 years ago picower.mit.edu

Long thought of as a generic alarm system, the locus coeruleus may actually be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior, an MIT team posits.

3 years ago picower.mit.edu mit

Returning to the context where a memory was formed temporarily brings back vivid details of the episode by increasing the electrical excitability of the engrams that store the memory in the brain…

6 years ago picower.mit.edu brain

Study shows where the brain transforms seeing into acting

6 years ago picower.mit.edu brain