🧠 Terahertz stimulation improved recognition memory in mouse study
A Cell Communication and Signaling study reports that 0.152 THz stimulation of the perirhinal cortex improved visual recognition memory in male mice and increased markers of excitatory neuronal activation, synaptic plasticity and glutamate transmission.
The authors describe the work as a possible noninvasive neuromodulation route for cognitive function. This is a controlled therapeutic/experimental EMF study, not environmental exposure evidence.
"We demonstrated that the visual recognition memory of mice was improved after THz wave irradiation, which was similar to the effect of light activation of glutamatergic neurons in the PRH."
"Moreover, the expression of molecules involved in glutamate transmission, such as VAMP2, EAAT, CaMKII and PSD95, increased along with enhanced NMDAR and AMPAR activity."
"Our findings revealed that THz waves could improve recognition memory via the activation of excitatory neurons and accelerated glutamate metabolism in the PRH, suggesting that THz photon stimulation might be developed as a noninvasive neuromodulation technique to promote cognitive function."
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Terahertz wave stimulation improves visual recognition memory via the activation of excitatory neurons in the perirhinal cortex
Hui Wang et al. (2026) Cell Communication and Signaling Journal Level 1ⓘ
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🧠 Terahertz stimulation improved recognition memory in mouse study 0.152 THz exposure in the perirhinal cortex increased excitatory-neuron and glutamate-transmission markers. Source: Cell Communication and Signaling
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