The effects of aging on the brain are widespread: Growing old causes changes to the brain’s size, vasculature, and cognition, among other changes, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Researchers may have found a new method to slow this process in the hippocampus, an area of the brain responsible for learning and memory, and which shrinks over time.
A new study from the University of Queensland showed that ultrasounds, or sound wave therapy, appeared to slow the reduction of the hippocampus in the brains of laboratory mice, which suggests that ultrasound technology may slow the aging process in healthy brains, a news release stated.
