SAN DIEGO — Light exposure and stimulation of the locus coeruleus may be a promising way to delay Alzheimer’s disease progression, according to a presenter at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
“With light stimulation we try to target the locus coeruleus (LC), which has huge implications in earlier stages of Alzheimer’s disease,” Elise Beckers, of Limburg Alzheimer’s Centre at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, said during her poster presentation. “We also know the pupil is somehow linked to LC activity and that would be