{"id":164149,"date":"2023-05-18T20:22:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T01:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/40-hz-vibrations-reduce-alzheimers-pathology-symptoms-in-mouse-models"},"modified":"2023-05-18T20:22:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T01:22:53","slug":"40-hz-vibrations-reduce-alzheimers-pathology-symptoms-in-mouse-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/40-hz-vibrations-reduce-alzheimers-pathology-symptoms-in-mouse-models","title":{"rendered":"40 Hz vibrations reduce Alzheimer\u2019s pathology, symptoms in mouse models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/40-hz-vibrations-reduce-alzheimers-pathology-symptoms-in-mouse-models3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Evidence that non-invasive sensory stimulation of 40 Hz gamma frequency brain rhythms can reduce Alzheimer\u2019s disease pathology and symptoms, already shown with light and sound by multiple research groups in mice and humans, now extends to tactile stimulation. A new study by MIT scientists shows that Alzheimer\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>The MIT group is not the first to show that gamma frequency <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/tactile+stimulation\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">tactile stimulation<\/a> can affect <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/brain+activity\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">brain activity<\/a> and improve <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/motor+function\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">motor function<\/a>, but they are the first to show that the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/stimulation\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">stimulation<\/a> can also reduce levels of the hallmark Alzheimer\u2019s protein phosphorylated tau, keep neurons from dying or losing their synapse circuit connections, and reduce neural DNA damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis work demonstrates a third sensory modality that we can use to increase gamma power in the brain,\u201d said Li-Huei Tsai, corresponding author of the study, director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the Aging Brain Initiative at MIT, and Picower Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence that non-invasive sensory stimulation of 40 Hz gamma frequency brain rhythms can reduce Alzheimer\u2019s disease pathology and symptoms, already shown with light and sound by multiple research groups in mice and humans, now extends to tactile stimulation. A new study by MIT scientists shows that Alzheimer\u2019s model mice exposed to 40 Hz vibration an [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}