{"id":20114,"date":"2022-08-23T05:39:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T09:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20114"},"modified":"2022-08-23T05:39:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T09:39:59","slug":"zapping-the-brain-with-electricity-shown-to-boost-older-peoples-short-and-long-term-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20114","title":{"rendered":"Zapping the brain with electricity shown to boost older people\u2019s short- and long-term memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Megan Molteni for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sending weak electrical current into the brain for 20 minutes a day for four days in a row reversed declines in working and long-term memory that come with aging, scientists reported Monday in Nature Neuroscience. The researchers found that the effects lingered even after the electricity was turned off. When they tested subjects a month later, many of the improvements from the brief sessions of brain stimulation remained.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/08\/22\/brain-stimulation-electricity-boosts-short-and-long-term-memory\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/08\/22\/brain-stimulation-electricity-boosts-short-and-long-term-memory\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Molteni for STAT) Sending weak electrical current into the brain for 20 minutes a day for four days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimersdementia","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20115,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20114\/revisions\/20115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}