Check your subscription status, update your details and more. Vibrating mattress helps clear Alzheimer’s protein from the brain Lying on a vibrating mattress for 40 minutes, combined with taking two pills that release nitric oxide into the body, enhanced the clearance of an Alzheimer's-related protein via the brain's waste-disposal system Alzheimer’s disease is linked to abnormal levels of the proteins beta-amyloid, which clumps to form plaques (brown) between neurons, and tau, which forms tangles (blue) within neurons A myriad of novel approaches have recently shown promise for boosting the brain’s waste-disposal system, and now scientists have presented the latest method: lying on a vibrating mattress while taking nitric oxide pills. This caused the brain’s blood vessels to swell and constrict more strongly, which enhanced the glymphatic system’s clearance of a protein that accumulates during Alzheimer’s disease.
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