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Spinal cord stimulation reduces pain and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease patients
A team of researchers in the United States and Japan reports that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) measurably decreased pain and
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Brain stimulation headset for treating depression at home now for sale in U.K.
Representatives for Flow Neuroscience have announced on the company’s website that a headset device that they call simply Flow is
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Nerve stimulation and repetitive sounds help improve hearing
Combining seizure-preventing electrical stimulation with repetitive musical tones improves processing of sounds in the brain, according to new research. The
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Repeated interferon stimulation creates innate immune memory
Mammalian cells seem to be able to memorize anti-viral stimulation at the level of DNA-packaging molecules, enabling faster and greater
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Early sensory stimulation is critical for the development of sensory networks
Sensory stimulation during a critical period soon after birth is essential for establishing networks in the brain that “map” sensations
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Deep brain stimulation ‘slows Parkinson’s progression’
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition that affects an estimated 500,000 people in the United States. As the condition mostly
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Deep brain stimulation showing promise for patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease over 65
An age group analysis of data from the ADvance trial has shown that participants over the age of 65 continue
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Repeated stimulation enlarges dendritic spines
Even in adult brains, new neurons are generated throughout a lifetime. In a publication in the scientific journal PNAS, a
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In brain stimulation therapy less might be more
One of the promising non-invasive brain therapeutic methods is the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). During such a procedure, a
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