Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have improved memory in 16 people with a painless technique without side effects.
Although only tested with patients without any neurological problem, and changes only stay 24 hours after stimulation, the experts involved believe it is a good start to try to test this method in patients and see if it has a therapeutic effect, told El Mundo (Spain).
"In Alzheimer no retrograde memory because it is in the cortex. The problem with these people is that they can not acquire new memories, as this feature is especially in the hippocampus, "explains Maria de Ceballos, Department of Cellular Neurobiology, Molecular and Developmental Cajal Institute of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).
Precisely in this area is on the researchers who have performed at Northwestern University, but not directly, but through transcranial magnetic stimulation in the outermost layer of the brain.
Pablo Martínez-Lage, coordinator of studies of behavior and dementia of the Spanish Society of Neurology, the study "opens a therapeutic line to investigate. This technique could boost brain reserve and used as a tool for these patients. "
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