Sentences with phrase «current electrical stimulation»

It proposes that transcranial direct - current electrical stimulation of the primary motor cortex and the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex significantly ameliorates the condition.

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The work is still in it's early stages — «Any effort to use electric current for stimulating the brain outside the laboratory or clinic could be dangerous and should be strongly discouraged,» Green cautions — but there are already places where the idea of electrical stimulation is being tested out in the real world.

These include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, the former uses alternating magnetic fields to simulate specific brain areas while the latter aims electrical currents of power equal to a 9 - volt battery to specific brain areas.

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.

Because the neural circuitry of the brain operates via electro - stimulation, applying small amounts of electrical current to the scalp (transcranially) has been investigated as a means of modulating brain activity.

This study will include 36 people with spinal cord injuries who will be treated with epidural stimulation — a technique in which a device is used to apply electrical current to the spinal cord.

Called repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), the noninvasive technique uses electromagnets to create localized electrical currents in the brain.

Half of the people received a sham (fake stimulation), while the other half received a mild electrical current which activates neurons in the targeted region.

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.

Unusual test of transcranial stimulation shows that little electrical current penetrates the skull

Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques aimed at mental and neurological conditions include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for depression, and transcranial direct current (electrical) stimulation (tDCS), shown to improve memory.

«Electrical brain stimulation could support stroke recovery: Hand and arm training boosted by transcranial direct current stimulation.»

This so - called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) triggers the flow of small electrical currents in neural circuits beneath the coils.

By testing cycling time to task failure (TTF) in a group of 12 active participants in a placebo controlled study, Dr Mauger discovered that stimulating the brain by passing a mild electrical current (transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS) over the scalp to stimulate it increased the activity of the area associated with muscle contraction.

This ongoing study, the PACt - MD study, combines brain training exercises and brain stimulation, using a mild electrical current to stimulate brain cells and improve learning and memory.

Such studies could guide still - experimental therapies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, which aims to suppress or boost brain activity in targeted areas through electrical currents.

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.

The technique uses transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), in which weak electrical currents are applied to the scalp using electrodes.

In addition, Kessler is partnering with the University of Louisville to investigate epidural stimulation, in which a chip is implanted to deliver an electrical current through the spine to trigger walking.

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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.

Current DBS devices apply a constant level of electrical stimulation, which can lead to rapid battery depletion and necessitate battery replacement surgeries.

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.

Although other research has demonstrated that brain stimulation with electrical current or electromagnetic waves can affect brain activity, it's remained controversial because it's not been reproducible.

9 Other treatments to alleviate pain this may include the use of heat, cold, trans - electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), interferential current (IFC), guided imagery, breathing and relaxation techniques.

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation is a form of electrical stimulation that uses current to stimulate a motor nerve and cause the contraction of a muscle or muscle group.

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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation is the application of an electrical current to elicit a muscle contraction.