Andrew Budson, MD, professor of neurology and associate director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has been awarded a two-year, $150,000 grant with collaborator Daniel Levy, PhD, professor of psychology at Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel, from the U.S. Israel Binational Science Foundation for their research, “Improving subsequent memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by theta oscillatory brain activity modulation.”
The hippocampal theta oscillation is a key brain signal that underlies various aspects of cognition and behavior, including memory and spatial navigation. Budson will evaluate neurofeedback to amplify theta oscillatory brain activity during waking rest, a novel, non-pharmacologic method with the potential to improve memory consolidation in healthy older adults and those with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
