A tool like Google Glass could help prevent Alzheimer’s by sending lightning strikes through the skin to stimulate the nervous system and sense of smell.
- Wearing a wrap around the head may reduce or reverse Alzheimer’s
- The device is equipped with six electrodes on the face, nose and ears
- It sends electrical pulses through the skin to stimulate the olfactory system
- This area of the brain is dependent on a person ‘s sense of smell
- Sense of smell does not work properly when Alzheimer’s develops
A Google Glass-like device is said to ‘zap’ Alzheimer’s disease by stimulating the sensation of smell in patients.
A team from the University of Otago unveiled a new wearable that goes around the head and delivers tiny electric pulses on the skin to build the olfactory nervous system.
This area of the brain is known to be abnormal in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
The device is equipped with six electrons strategically placed around the band where the pulses have direct access to the temporal lobe of the brain, which is involved in triggering sensory perception method.
A device similar to Google Glass is said to ‘zap’ Alzheimer’s disease by stimulating the sensation of smell in patients
Images show that Alzheimer’s depression is present in 10 people age 65 and older and 13.8 million people in the U.S. aged 65 and older are expected to have Alzheimer’s dementia by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Society.
And the team from the University of Otago has gone to fight those numbers.
The lead author, Professional Professor Yusuf Ozgur Cakmak from the Otago Department of Anatomy, says promising early results pave the way for the development of the first noninvasive electrical stimulation system, consumed in the -world to focus on the olfactory regions.
‘There are deep endings in brain regions that affect memory and navigation,’ Cakmak said.
A team from the University of Otago has unveiled a new wearable that wraps around the head and emits small electrical pulses on the skin to build the olfactory nervous system.
We hope this approach will help encourage these networks to reduce symptoms or to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease to Dementia. He is also able to recover from coma and Parkinson’s disease. ‘
The devices are a thin band that lies over the ears and around the face.
Installed in the band are electrodes located on the bridge of the nose, upper and lower faces and behind the ears.
Cakmak and his team believe that the electric shocks could trigger the olfactory system to slow down or reverse the onset of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, along with waking up a patient in a coma.
The practical concept of a header is suggested to achieve the best resolution, ’read the study published in the journal Frontiers.
‘Our results pave the way for the development of the first non-invasive electronic consumption system to target the olfactory regions that help reduce the symptoms or promote progression of these brain disorders. ‘
The device is equipped with six electrons strategically placed around the band where the pulses have direct access to the temporal lobe of the brain, which is involved in the formation of sensory perception
Modeling of the olfactory regions by electrical stimulation has been successfully attempted previously, directly (abruptly through the nasal bones) or indirectly through the vagus nerve.
This research sought to develop a way to deliver electrical stimulation to the olfactory region in a non-invasive manner and in a way that is simpler, easier, and less burdensome.
‘Applying this treatment through a headset on a hairless zone that can be worn in daily use instead of more aggressive treatments makes this approach unique’ said Associate Cakmak.
The electrode complexes were tested with the help of electric field modeling confirmed by human brain records just during brain surgery.