Comment by VinLucero
1 year ago
I wonder if anyone has done a study yet on how the Glymphatic nervous system is impacted by rTMS (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) instead of drugs (pharmacological solutions).
Anyone deep into this field around?
We're in the field, but with auditory stimulation, not rTMS.
Glymphatic System activity is linked to the synchronous firing of neurons that define slow-wave sleep.
If you interrupt the brain near the peak of a slow wave, the brain response is to increase this synchronous firing, increasing delta power, and the flushing of the glymphatic system.
Monash University here in Australia is looking into the impact this may have on Alzheimer's prevention.
There isn't a drug that I'm aware of that is as effective.
You can do what we do with rTMS, light stimulation, haptics, etc. it's more about interrupting the brain than it is creating a slow-wave, as far as everything I am aware of in the current literature.
We link to a few studies on our website https://affectablesleep.com - I'll be posting more links soon (we just launched our re-brand 2 days ago).