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Light and Sound Stimulation Helps Regrow Brain’s ‘White Matter,’ Protects Against Neurodegeneration: Animal Study

Researchers find gamma waves prevent brain cell deterioration.
Light and Sound Stimulation Helps Regrow Brain’s ‘White Matter,’ Protects Against Neurodegeneration: Animal Study
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Huey Freeman
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Demyelination, which occurs when nerves lose their protective fatty coating, is the cause of several severe and incurable neurodegenerative diseases.

In a recent animal study, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found a way to possibly recover the lost fatty coating by stimulating the brain to release more gamma brain waves.
Huey Freeman
Huey Freeman
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A newspaper reporter, editor, and author, Huey Freeman recently wrote “Who Shot Nick Ivie?” a true crime book on the murder of a border patrol agent. He lives in Central Illinois with his wife Kate.