The hippocampus is the center of memory, emotion, and the autonomic nervous system. The hippocampus plays an important role in integrating short term memory with long term memory, as well as, the memory of the location of objects or people.
Dementia
The first sign of Alzheimer's dementia is atrophy of the hippocampus (shrinkage). It makes sense that the progressive stages of Alzheimer's; short-memory, loss of emotion and speech, and finally body function parallel the task responsibility of the hippocampus. We believe our process has the potential to reboot the hippocampus by triggering the production of heat shock proteins and reverse the organ shrinkage and return its function.
Stroke
A stroke is a sudden interruption in the blood supply of the brain. Most strokes are caused by an abrupt blockage of arteries leading to the brain (ischemic stroke). We believe our process can aid in the arterial blockage and restore blood flow.
Our Treatment Approach
Using non-ionizing radiation, we can focus energy at the hippocampus center, exciting its cellular structure. As the frequency wave forms pass through the cells, it causes the magnetic poles (+/-) of the cells to rapidly flip resulting in cellular excitation. This ultra high speed flip causes friction between the cells to produce elevated internal temperatures (39˚-42˚C) in the region. The level of elevated temperature is harmless to the cell structure, but will cause the cell to express HSP or heat shock proteins.
Why are Heat Shock Proteins Important?
The induction of Heat Shock Proteins offer strategies to protect brain cells from damage induced by ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases. This in turn will assist the hippocampus to correctly fold and unfold the proteins necessary to produces healthy neurons. This stablization process hopefully will allow for future healty neural pathways to be created, staving off the diabilitating effects of demential in all phases.
Ionizing vs Non-Ionizing Radiation
Ionizing radiation is the standard treatment for most solid cancer tumors. In ionizing radiation, the energy wave form passes through the cell breaking it apart or directly damaging cell DNA. Ionizing radiation will damage both cancerous cells and healthy cells.
Non-ionizing radiation refers to any type of electromagnetic radiation that does not carry enough energy per quantum (photon energy) to ionize atoms or molecules. Instead of producing charged ions when passing through matter, non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation has sufficient energy only for excitation, the movement of an electron to a higher energy state. In other words it will not damage healthy cells by breaking apart the molecule like the ionizing radiation.
How will we know when we are affecting the Hippocampus?
We can see it. Using real-time MRI telemetry, we can see the area affected by the energy focus as an increase in temperature. Software control allows us to monitor temperature and move the energy focus to the correct location in the brain. Using the Hal.o NIR phased array applicator, we surround the brain with 72 radio antennas. Non-ionizing radiation passes throughout the skull plate from all sides and is focused into a small ellipsoid shape at the center of the brain. Phased Array control is a method of wave synchronization used to move the focused center of the NIR pattern in all directions assuring accuracy of the beam.