Sentences with phrase «when electrical stimulation»

When electrical stimulation is used for pain control, analgesia results from several mechanisms such as release of endogenous endorphins.

This «biohybrid» material has been shown to enhance cell growth and, when electrical stimulation is applied, directs cardiac cells to respond and align in the direction of the electrical impulse.

Just like my previous acupuncture sessions, the baby responded to the placement of the needles and when the electrical stimulation began, I could feel contractions.

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A recent study comparing women's choices of pain relief in midwife - led and consultant - led units in Ireland showed that when women were offered other options such as hydrotherapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, fewer women chose epidural analgesia [9].

People recalled more words from a previously viewed list when low - amplitude electrical stimulation was delivered to the brain.

Patients recalled more words from a previously viewed list when low - amplitude electrical stimulation was delivered to the brain.

Cohen Kadosh's team made headlines in 2010, when it showed that a different form of electrical jolt — transcranial direct - current stimulation (TDCS)-- helped volunteers to learn and remember a number system made up of unfamiliar symbols.

His work suggests that deep - brain stimulation — whether electrical or optical — may be most effective when it targets not the neurons themselves but the connections between cells, thereby affecting the flow of activity between brain regions.

When the scientists tried to trigger LTP in these brain slices with electrical stimulation or chemicals, they found that methods that fired up cellular pathways involving the molecule cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) didn't work.

It discusses what can happen when the amygdala, a region of the brain known for regulating emotional responses, receives direct electrical stimulation.

Some patients find so much relief from the TENS therapy that they have a similar device, called Interstim, surgically implanted in their lower backs so that they have constant electrical stimulation to treat urgency - frequency syndrome as well as urinary retention when other treatments have failed.

When humans were actually tested with that, hooked up to electrical stimulation eight hours a day, it didn't work.