At last, ‘magnet’ seems to come with a helping hand in curing diseases like depression or even Alzheimer’s. This link may leave you pondering until you go through the amazing developments the scientists have come up in New York.
Yes, the experts have revealed that using a magnetic stimulus in the region associated with memory may help cure depression by boosting mental performance. Using such stimuli, they have successfully promoted the growth of new neurons in the brains of mice.
Once this new technique is proven, it can be used to slow the Alzheimer’s disease’s progression, if not cure. What’s still waiting is the work’s replication in humans.
Though, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is already used for treating certain disorders, including depression and schizophrenia and also for after-stroke rehabilitation of people, the new method introduces electrical fields in the brain by using a ‘magnetic coil,’ that can activate or deactivate neuron groups.
Though it is not yet know, if the technique would prove successful in treating depression or Alzheimer’s disease, scientists are optimistic that the new method would surely encourage its use in chronic disease like stroke and dementia.
