Medical Report: Potential Alzheimer's Breakthrough | ABC 6 WJBF-TV: It's long been the holy grail for doctors treating Alzheimer's: find a way to stop the rapid mental decline that is the hallmark of this debilitating disease.
Now a new clinical trial could just prove that possible, using a novel approach that could awaken memory circuits in the brain.
It's called Deep Brain Stimulation and it has already shown promise in a few Canadian patients with early Alzheimer's.
Four years ago Robert Linton had 2 electrodes implanted in the memory area of the brain. Every day since, a battery implanted in his chest has sent his brain more than 100 electrical impulses a second.
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