Sentences with phrase «brain stimulation technique called»
Researchers used a brain stimulation technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation to reduce the brain's response to drug cues in chronic drug users.
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Called repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), the noninvasive technique uses electromagnets to create localized electrical currents in the brain.
He has suggested that a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which uses magnetic fields to disrupt neuronal firing, can knock out a normal person's conceptual brain machinery, temporarily rendering him savantlike.
The technique used is called deep brain stimulation, and is already used to treat the tremors and movement problems of some people with severe Parkinson's disease.
The reason for using this technique (called continuous theta - burst stimulation) in general is that it makes it possible to determine which brain areas perform which functions.
The study examined the effect of a technique called transcranial direct - current stimulation (tDCS), a form of non-invasive brain stimulation, on the neuromuscular, physiological and perceptual responses to exhaustive leg exercise.
The researchers used non-invasive brain stimulation techniques to disrupt activation in the so called «temporo - parietal junction,» a region at the side towards the back of the brain.
Since medical school, Schiff had believed that a technique called deep brain stimulation might help patients who have viable, networked cortical tissue but inconsistent awareness.
The technique, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS — apparently harmless and virtually painless — permits him to temporarily alter the activity of a living human brain.
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.