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Vibrating Mattresses May Help Clear A Dementia Protein, Study Finds
It seemed especially effective when paired with nitric oxide treatments.
We know that staying physically active seems to reduce dementia risk – but in a mouse study, the motion-related protein Piezo1 seemed to be activated by vibration as well as exercise.
That could be beneficial, because force-sensing Piezo1 may help to clear waste from the brain.
And a gas called nitric oxide has been shown to boost the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (the liquid that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord), too.
So, in a new paper published in Nature Communications, researchers tried to combine the two to see how they might act.
“Previously,” the authors noted, “the physiological state most strongly linked to........