Clinical Study of Deep-rTMS Treatment in Alzheimer

Existing treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) provide no cure and only very modest effects on cognition and daily functioning. Recent technological achievements provide a way to induce electrical activity in deep brain regions without actually delivering electrical currents through the skull and body. This may help to stimulate certain brain areas that are affected by AD, and perhaps restore or delay deterioration of some of the lost cognitive ability. The team of Drs. Zangen and Ash will use this technique on AD patients, and also record brain activity during treatments to learn about the ways that stimulation may change brain function and enhance cognition.