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Alzheimer's Disease

Stylized illustration of the side profile of a woman in the background painted in blues and purples with a door opening where her brain would be. The door has a winding path that leads down and away from her head toward the foreground of the illustration where a man whose back is turned away from the viewer is standing at the end of the path like a shadowy figure. There are green topiary bushes on both sides of the path. This picture is titled "Gateway to Memory" and relates to Dr. Singer's research.
When Less is More: How Inhibition Shapes Learning

Georgia Tech researchers reveal the dynamic role of inhibitory neurons in spatial memory and learning

Annabelle Singer and Flicker for Alzheimer's
Can Flashing Lights Stall Alzheimer's?

Annabelle Singer's Flicker technology profiled in journal article

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Flicker Stimulation Shines in Clinical Trial for Epilepsy

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Finding Flicker’s Therapeutic Pathway

Researchers probe the mechanisms underlying the rhythmic dance that recruits the brain’s immune system

Felipe Quiroz in his lab.
Quiroz wins NIH Director's New Innovator Award for 'Lava Lamp' Sensors to Illuminate Brain Degeneration

A wall with a series of white doors and one yellow door.
Study: Oft-Ignored ‘Non-Place’ Brain Cells Play a Crucial Role in Helping Navigate to the Right Goal

Velda Wang is now a freshman at Duke University.
Mitchell Lab Intern Publishes Study to Help Improve Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials

Velda Wang is a co-lead author on the paper in Brain Sciences

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Singer Wins Young Scholar Award from American Neurological Association

Annabelle Singer reports her findings after the first human feasibility study of her flicker treatment.
Early Feasibility Study Shows Flickering Lights and Sound Could Be New Weapon Against Alzheimer’s

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Study Shows Brain’s Internal Replay Goes Awry in Alzheimer’s

New research from BME’s Annabelle Singer links synaptic dysfunction with neural activity essential to memory

Researcher Annabelle Singer models an experimental visor and earphones that play 40 Hertz light and sound. The current study was performed on mice. The pictured device is in human testing as a possible Alzheimer's treatment. Results from those tests are to be published in later studies separate from the current study in mice. Credit: Georgia Tech / Allison Carter
Flickering Light Mobilizes Brain Chemistry That May Fight Alzheimer’s

The hope of flickering light to treat Alzheimer's takes another step forward in this new study, which reveals stark biochemical mechanisms.