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Brain ‘Pacemaker’ for Alzheimer’s

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Teams of researchers from the Wexner Medical Centre (Ohio State University), have implanted a pacemaker-like device in the skull of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. They claim this could slow the decline in decision-making and problem-solving skills that are characteristic of the ailment. A deep-brain-stimulation (DBS) device was implanted in the frontal lobe (in the ventral [...]

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