Sentences with phrase «current deep brain»
«This level of specificity has not yet been accomplished in current deep brain stimulation therapies.»
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«Detection of transcranial direct current stimulation deep in the living human brain.»
Moreover, the neural therapies currently available — psychoactive drugs and stimulators that send electric current deep into the brain — are blunt instruments.
Then, a gentle current of electricity delivered by an implanted deep - brain stimulator (DBS) brought him back to life.
The activation of these cells in the basal ganglia relieves symptoms for much longer than current therapies, like deep brain stimulation and pharmaceuticals.
NYC Neuromodulation 2017 will focus on technologies and mechanism for advanced brain stimulation in areas that include transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), high - definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD - tDCS), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and other emerging areas.
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.
The more I talk to social scientists and psychologists about humanity's growing pains in its current population and appetite surge, the more it's clear that the «market failures» described by economists examining environmental issues derive from fundamental patterns of behavior rooted deep in the brain.