Sentences with phrase «brain stimulation delivered»

One experimental group received only cognitive training; the second group received cognitive training and exercise; and the third group received cognitive training, exercise and noninvasive brain stimulation delivered by electrodes on the scalp.

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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.

A noninvasive technique for brain stimulation, tDCS is applied using two small electrodes placed on the scalp, delivering short bursts of extremely low - intensity electrical currents.

Deep - brain stimulation involves the surgical placement of electrodes in the brain to deliver stimulation to targeted areas that control movement, similar to the way pacemakers are used to maintain a healthy heart rate.

Lieber and colleagues also demonstrated that the syringe - injectable mesh electronics could be used to deliver electrical stimulation to the brain over three months or more.

TRPV1 channels are widely distributed throughout the human brain, so another major challenge is figuring out how to deliver stimulation only to the cells researchers want to target, he adds.

To give these patients another in - home option, Johns Hopkins graduate students have invented a headband - shaped device to deliver noninvasive brain stimulation to help tamp down the symptoms.

«For the first time we are able to deliver brain stimulation to improve a cognitive behavior.

The results suggest that, theoretically, delivering targeted, selective, and specific brain stimulation might improve some of the cognitive aspects of losing dopamine in Parkinson's disease.»

To conduct the study, Salas and her colleagues from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which painlessly and noninvasively delivers electromagnetic currents to precise locations in the brain and can temporarily and safely disrupt the function of the targeted area.

We delivered deep - brain stimulation using the two most distal contacts of each electrode (Figure 1).

One popular set of techniques, called transcranial electrical stimulation (TES), delivers electrical current via electrodes stuck to the scalp, typically above the target brain area.

A new study authored by Marc Schieber, M.D., Ph.D., and Kevin Mazurek, Ph.D. with the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Neurology and the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, which appears in the journal Neuron, shows that very low levels of electrical stimulation delivered directly to an area of the brain responsible for motor function can instruct an appropriate response or action, essentially replacing the signals we would normally receive from the parts of the brain that process what we hear, see, and feel.

Conversely, de-synchronizing or disrupting the timing of the brain waves in these regions impaired participants» ability to learn and control their behavior, an effect that Reinhart could quickly fix by changing how he delivered the electrical stimulation.

For example, deep brain stimulation (DBS)-- delivering an electrical current into the brain to modify nerve activity — has become a standard therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD), and it is now being adapted to treat a range of other conditions including depression and obsessive - compulsive disorder.

This technology delivers a consistent stream of electrical stimulation to an implantation site located deep in the brain; however, because stimulation is always on, the DBS's battery may deplete quickly, which necessitates invasive surgery for replacement.

Neurophysical rehabilitation, as well as higher - tech approaches, like transcranial electrical or magnetic stimulation (where small electric currents are delivered to the brain) can encourage the brain to adapt.