Zapping the brain with electric twice a day can reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's in WEEKS, study suggests

Zapping the brain with electricity twice a day may reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a small study has suggested. Researchers put a low intensity electrical current through brains of patients with mild to moderate dementia and compared them to patients who received a sham treatment. All 63 patients showed improved scores in word recall and recognition after six weeks, compared to none in the control group. It is thought that the electrical current might'fire up' the brain's ability to change and grow, which enables'rewiring' through the formation of new neural networks. The researchers, from Ningbo University in China, said the results'strongly indicate' the treatment is a'significant and promising intervention for improving cognitive function'.