Episode 164: Michael Leon on olfactory stimulation as a buffer for dementia symptoms
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- Опубликовано: 20 фев 2024
- What if the path to delaying the onset of dementia symptoms begins at the nose?
It is a doorway that the research of Dr. Michael Leon opened with a 2023 study on the power of olfaction enrichment to influence memory function and brain health. The findings drew wide acclaim and interest when his results found that stimulation of our sense of smell with essential oils had a profound impact on memory, cognition, and language recall.
Our conversation with Leon on STEM-Talk Episode 164 is available now wherever you enjoy podcasts.
Leon’s long research career has focused on the influence of environmental enrichment on neurological function, disease, and disorders. He has studied the benefits of sensory-motor stimulation for children with autism spectrum disorder, for the treatment of anorexia and for those with dementia and neurological conditions.
He is a professor emeritus in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California Irvine, where his Leon Lab has focused on studying the benefits of increased sensory-motor activity in children with autism spectrum disorder.
The work that the Leon Lab is doing is fascinating, and the applications this olfaction stimulation study are potentially important and wide-reaching.
Read the full show notes at www.ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-...
Would have liked to have heard more about the Memory Air device. Is it the inexpensive type that use water/ultrasonic and a couple drops of essential oils? Or the nebulizing / compressor type that turn on and off so that you don't get used to the smell? Or is it more of the heat / incense type?
And aside from exercise and being mentally/socially engaged, any thoughts to other low-cost treatments? Like Sildenafil or L-arginine that appear to also help by increasing blood flow / nitric oxide.
BTW, the link to the show notes in the description point to a previous episode.
Thanks bennguyen1313, the link has been updated :)
The decrease in olfaction is just another symptom. Sounds to me like treating a symptom to improve another symptom.
Decreational faction is an earlier symptom, so you're using an earlier symptom to prevent a later symptom. But it's just another symptom. It's not the root cause.
Voice to text error: that should say decrease in olfaction.
1. I don't believe anybody on the episode made any claim that it was anything other than a symptom.
2. But, reducing or lessening this symptom, can have tremendous benefit in the lives of people.😊