Device Might Spark Memories in Some With Alzheimer's, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Study

5/10/2012 7:33:58 AM

A small safety trial suggests a pacemaker-like device implanted into the brains of Alzheimer's patients may stimulate beneficial brain activity in some. The results do not signal the device could someday cure the disease, but that it may restore some measure of activity in areas of the brain whose decline is linked to Alzheimer's symptoms like memory loss, depression and agitation.

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