Sentences with phrase «not electrical stimulation»

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He thought this rhythmic electrical stimulation could compensate for a breakdown in the heart's ability to pump its own muscles, an idea that had intrigued him in the past, but one that he hadn't thought was possible at the time.

In fact, Fields says, this bizarre electrical behavior may underlie the positive effects of deep - brain stimulation, which, though not well understood, has been shown to improve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders.

An electrode «cuff» that clamps around the outside of nerve bundles is also being tested but because the electrodes don't enter the nerves, greater changes in electrical input are needed for stimulation.

The cuffs work in a similar way to Sørensen's implants but, because they do not enter the nerves, greater changes in electrical input are needed for stimulation.

Deep brain stimulation is not the only form of electrical stimulation that could help restore movement after a spinal cord injury.

Perhaps direct electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, he conjectured, would do what mere physical therapy could not.

We are also dedicated not only to enabling control over computers or robotic assistive devices, but — for people with spinal cord injury or stroke — working toward the goal of reconnecting brain to limb, allowing the powerful intracortical signals to activate fully implanted functional electrical stimulation devices, and re-enabling intuitive movement of one's own arm and hand.»

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.

And while those hurdles may seem obvious, here is one you may not have considered; where is the power for all of this electrical stimulation going to come from?

Because this is the first device capable of providing both optical and electrical stimulation to neurons in the spinal cord, the new fiber shows promise to benefit not only future studies by CSNE members, but also spinal cord research conducted by members of the neuroscience and neural engineering communities at - large.

By using electrical stimulation, the scientists show that the blood pressure increase comes from the muscle itself, since the brain is not telling the leg to contract and the pressure still increases.

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.

As for the Electrical Muscle Stimulation device, I can't speak to that... I have never heard of its effect specifically on women with DR.. It's something that you should talk with your doc about and look into the research.

Terry: Well, the electrical stimulation, for the other listeners who may not know about it, it's done through the skin.

Given that I have electrical stimulation equipment that changes physiology, how could I not try something like that, or theoretically try something like that?

The two technologies that you're talking about there, like the electrical stimulation, and I don't really want to put myself in whole body suction, except actually I do.

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

Early sessions with electrical stimulation give a great deal of feedback to the brain and exercise the muscle while it doesn't get the signal from the brain on its own.