- NIR light pulsed at 40 Hz for dementia: Vielight Neuro Gamma 4 - Brain Photobiomodulation Device
- MCI trial ending soon: Neuro RX Gamma for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI)
- Same for PD: SYMBYX Neuro – SYMBYX Biome (see also: SYMBYX Neuro Light Therapy Wellness Helmet Positively Impacts Parkinson Disease Symptoms )
- (A French team does NIR light therapy for PD at 150 Hz btw: Clinical Trial for Near Infrared Endoventricular Illumination for Neuroprotection in Very Early Cases of Parkinson’s Disease (Ev-NIRT) (Ev-NIRT) )
- MIT one: High Frequency Light, Sound, and Tactile Stimulation to Improve Motor and Cognitive Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease
- Italian team, at 70 Hz “as representative of the endogenous motor network-related gamma frequency”: Parkinson’s Disease and Gamma-transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation
- Another Italian team: At Home Gamma tACS in Alzheimer’s Disease (tACS@Home) (tACS@Home)
- Emory: Gamma Sensory Flicker for Parkinson’s Disease Patients With Freezing of Gait (Flicker w FOG)
- Harvard: Gamma-Induction in FrontoTemporal Dementia Trial (GIFTeD)
- Harvard: Individual Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease “To determine the impact of closed-loop 40 Hz tACS on the entrainment of natural gamma rhythms in patients with AD-MCI, 2.) To determine the impact of closed-loop 40 Hz tACS on cognitive performance in patients with AD-MCI”
- Danish team for AD: Study on the Effect of 40 Hz Non-Invasive Light Therapy System
- University of Tennessee: Sensory-Evoked Cortical Gamma Oscillation
- Finnish team: Non-invasive Neurostimulation as a Tool for Diagnostics and Management for Neurodegenerative Diseases “Device: Gamma tACS (40 Hz) over the superior parietal cortex”
- UCSF: Photobiomodulation for Improving Brain Function in Dementia (PBM Dementia) (PBM Dementia) “The NIR lights are pulsed at a 40 Hz rate, which correlates with electroencephalogram (EEG) gamma brain wave entrainment.”
- Mexico, trial completed, results not yet published: Acute Effect of Low-intensity Gamma rTMS on Cognitive and EEG Parameters in Adults With Mild Dementia by Alzheimer’s Disease
- Mount Sinai: Rhythmic Light Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease Patients “The investigator will demonstrate the effect of 40 hertz (Hz) rhythmic light (RL) to promote gamma wave entrainment”
- Still Mount Sinai: Phase 2 - Rhythmic Light Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
- Chinese Army: Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Combined With 40Hz Sound Stimulation for Treatment Alzheimer’s Disease
- Boston University: Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment With Combination of 40Hz Light and Cognitive Therapy (AlzLife)
- Amsterdam UMC: Memory Enhancement Using Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (Memento) “Gamma (40 Hz) tACS at the precuneus region”
- Chinese University of Hong Kong: Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (TACS) for Sleep Disturbances in Neurocognitive Disorders Due to Alzheimer’s Disease
For dissenting views on this topic see (+ read the comments, including Li-Huei Tsai’s answer): Does Flashing Light Really Lower Cortical Amyloid? 2023
In any case, given the vast number of trials we’ll soon know if it works!