Regina Altena, head of the Alzheimer's Center, said studies show that music stimulates neurotransmitters in the brain, creating a mental and emotional connection that help patients remember and conjure up significant events in their lives.
Patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease participate with mariachi band members as part of the therapy being promoted by the Mexican Alzheimer's Center, which hopes the music will stir up recollections of times past among patients with the degenerative illness, in Mexico City, Mexico October 9, 2022. REUTERS/ Henry Romero
"It makes me very sad, because I remember my husband, but apart from that, I listen to the music with joy because it brings back many memories that make me very happy," said Leonor Camacho, a 90-year-old with Alzheimer's in Mexico City. The shows take in ballrooms, boats on the waterways of the southern Xochimilco district and the capital's traditional mariachi hotspot, the central square Plaza Garibaldi, in the hope that venues will fire up patients' memories.
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