What is Alzheimer’s Disease?

Alzheimer’s dementia is a progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age, due to generalized degeneration of the brain.  Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Alzheimer’s symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time.

More than 25 million people in the world today are affected by dementia, most suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The causes of dementia, other than older age and genetic susceptibility, remain to be determined. Recent literature strongly points to the potential risk roles of vascular risk factors and disorders (eg, cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes) and the possible beneficial roles of high education, active social engagement, physical exercise, and mentally stimulating activity in signs of dementia disorders.

Alzheimer’s Treatment

Although current Alzheimer’s treatments cannot stop Alzheimer’s symptoms from progressing, they can temporarily slow the worsening of dementia symptoms. Today, there is a worldwide effort under way to find better ways to treat Alzheimer’s dementia, delay its onset, and prevent it from developing.

TMS for Alzheimer’s Dementia to Improve memory

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is being heralded as the treatment modality of the future to treat many neurological and psychological conditions.  There are studies showing that non-invasive TMS of parietal area increases hippocampal functional connectivity and associate memory resulting in improved memory and cognition in patients suffering from memory loss.

The Ten Absolutes

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1. Never Argue, Instead Agree
2. Never Reason, Instead Divert!
3. Never Shame, Instead Distract!
4. Never Lecture, Instead Reassure!
5. Never Say “Remember?” Instead Reminisce!
6. Never Say, “I told you…” Instead Repeat and Regroup!
7. Never say,”You can’t!” Instead Find Out What They Can Do!
8. Never Command or Demand, Instead Ask and Model!
9. Never Condescend, Instead Encourage and Praise!
10. Never Force, Instead Reinforce!

Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

TMS holds promise as a physiologic biomarker in AD to identify therapeutic targets and monitor pharmacologic effects. In addition, TMS/tDCS may have therapeutic utility in AD, though the evidence is still very preliminary and cautious interpretation is warranted.

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Noninvasive brain stimulation in Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review and perspectives for the future

The present results suggest that rTMS-COG represents a useful adjuvant therapy with cholinesterase inhibitors, particularly during the mild stage of AD. The effect of rTMS-COG was remarkable in the memory and language domains, which are severely affected by AD.

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