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A pilot study hints that flickering light and sound may help treat Alzheimer’s by restoring connectivity in the brain and mobilizing the immune system.

Fascinatingly, the researchers then discovered similar effects could be generated in the mouse brain through simple external exposure to a light flickering at 40 Hz.