Drug-and-Vibration Combo Mimicked Sleep’s Brain Cleanup in a Small Study, but It Is Not a Dementia Treatment
Nature World News | 11.11.2026 03:33
A combination of a blood-pressure-lowering heart drug and gentle whole-body vibration increased blood levels of proteins linked to dementia in 29 healthy adults, a sign researchers interpret as the brain clearing waste faster than usual while awake. The University of Oulu study, published Nov. 3 in Nature Communications, tried to switch on during the day a cleanup process that normally peaks during sleep.
