Sentences with phrase «weak electrical current»

How it works: You hold on for a few seconds while it sends weak electrical currents into your body (you won't feel anything).

No mechanical moving parts would be required — only weak electrical currents, which saves energy.

New research from an international group led by Min Zhao, professor of ophthalmology and of dermatology at the University of California, Davis, shows that, in animal models of diabetes, slow healing is associated with weaker electrical currents in wounds.

In a small study of healthy twentysomethings the scientists showed they could make neurons more or less excitable by sending weak electrical currents through the brain's motor cortex.

Studies reveal that wounds on diabetic mice pack abnormally weak electrical currents.

Participants were randomized into four different interventions that would analyze how effectively an acupuncture technique known as electroacupuncture — in which embedded needles deliver weak electrical currents — reduces incidents of hot flashes as compared to the epilepsy drug gabapentin, which was previously shown to be effective in reducing hot flashes for these patients.

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

However, even relative weak electrical currents can cause extensive burns as the current spreads through the tissues and causes them to overheat.

So the researchers built a flexible sensor containing an enzyme that strips electrons from lactate to generate a weak electrical current.

In plants, these proteins react to the presence of light, oxygen, or the voltage of a weak electrical current, hence the name.

The researchers discovered that application of a weak electrical current via the scalp helps align different areas of the brain, synchronizing brain waves and allowing the areas to maintain the same beat.

When muscle spasms or nerve damage are an issue, a weak electrical current can be applied to the acupuncture needles for electrostimulation acupuncture therapy.