Sentences with phrase «weaker electrical currents in»

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.

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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.

Just like currents in simple electrical circuits, these moving charges induce a magnetic field, which, in Mars» case, is quite weak.

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.

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

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