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Methods and systems for management of alzheimer's disease

  • US 20060020299A1
  • Filed: 06/13/2003
  • Published: 01/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating Alzheimer'"'"'s disease (AD), comprising:

  • stimulating sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG)-related tissue of a subject by applying an electrical signal to the SPG-related tissue, the SPG-related tissue selected from;

    an SPG of the subject and nerve fibers of the subject which are directly anatomically connected to the SPG; and

    configuring the stimulation so as to cause an increase in clearance of an AD-related constituent of a central nervous system (CNS) of the subject, from a brain of the subject to a systemic blood circulation of the subject, so as to treat the AD.

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