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Spinal cord stimulation can benefit patients with diabetic neuropathy: Stu
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a new study, diabetes-related nerve damage, or diabetic neuropathy, can cause pain and numbness, most commonly in the hands and feet. Diabetic neuropathy is a painful condition that affects around 25% of the 37 million Americans who have diabetes.
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Spinal cord stimulation help people with diabetic neuropathy
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to an exploratory study, high-frequency spinal cord stimulation may provide comfort to people with severe diabetic neuropathy.
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Study: Spinal cord stimulation improves arm, hand movement after stroke
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to experts, a neurotechnology that stimulates the spinal cord quickly increases arm and hand movement, allowing those suffering from moderate to severe stroke to carry out their routine daily tasks more readily.
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Study identifies changes in brain responsible for motor skill learning
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal eNeuro, provide insight into the neural mechanisms of motor skill learning that can help lead to more effective brain-stimulation therapies for patients experiencing motor disability after a stroke.
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New technology might help inform brain stimulation: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Deep brain stimulation (DBS), a type of brain stimulation, is an effective treatment for neurological and psychiatric problems. Although it has helped patients with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and addiction for more than ten years, the underlying neural mechanism is still not completely unders
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Study: Human brain organoids when transplanted into adult rats respond to
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers have shown that brain organoids--clumps of lab-grown neurons--can integrate with rat brains and respond to visual stimulation like flashing lights.
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Researchers reveal relationship between sleep, chronic pain, spinal cord s
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
One of the most typical causes for people to seek medical attention is chronic pain, which is frequently incapacitating. American individuals who suffer from chronic pain number 65 million. Between 67 and 88 per cent of them also have sleep disruptions, which include lower sleep quality and
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Researchers find new way to improve storage time of quantum information
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An international team of scientists have demonstrated a leap in preserving the quantum coherence of quantum dot spin qubits as part of the global push for practical quantum networks and quantum computers.
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Research finds if brain and nerve stimulation help persons with spinal cor
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A nerve stimulation therapy developed at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is showing promise in animal studies and may eventually allow people with spinal cord injuries to regain the function of their arms.
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Researchers map deep brain stimulation target for Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the fifth leading cause of death in adults over 65 years old. While many potential treatments for neurodegenerative disease focus on developing drugs to target key culprits, a relatively new approach aims to treat the brain.
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation shows potential to treat psychiatric dis
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As a noninvasive neuromodulation method, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) shows great potential to treat a range of mental and psychiatric diseases, including major depression.
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Study gives more insight into vagus nerve's link to brain
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have shown a direct link between vagus nerve stimulation and its connection to the learning centres of the brain. The discovery may lead to treatments that will improve cognitive retention in both healthy and injured nervous s
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