If you've ever seen a movie or TV show in which a character has a seizure, you probably have a fairly standard mental picture of someone falling to the ground in full body convulsions while foaming at the mouth. But that ...
Nov 2, 2023
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The longest nerve in the human body starts in the brain and meanders its way down the neck and into the chest, where it splits into separate branches, winding its twisting tendrils to touch each internal organ. Known as the ...
Jul 19, 2023
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A vagus nerve stimulation device, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is being used in rehabilitation to help patients recovering from an ischemic stroke. If a patient is having trouble using their hand or arm after ...
May 3, 2023
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West Virginia University engineers are taking a major step into "bioelectronic medicine," a cutting-edge approach that uses electric current as a treatment for pain and disease, with the development of MouseFlex. The device ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Neurotechnology—the combination of neuroscience and technology—has the potential to both "decode" and shape brain activity, with important implications for future interventions in humans. The findings were presented at ...
Nov 9, 2022
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The nervous system takes in sensory stimuli, processes them and triggers reactions such as muscle movements or pain sensations. A few years ago, a network in the brain was identified that is coupled with signals from the ...
Sep 6, 2022
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When a virus—such as SARS-CoV-2—triggers an inflammatory response in the body, this information is transmitted to the brain via the sensory nervous system. The Vagus nerve, which extends from the brain to most organs ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have shown a direct link between vagus nerve stimulation and its connection to the learning centers of the brain. The discovery may lead to treatments that ...
Jul 28, 2022
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A first-of-its-kind study published recently in the journal Brain Stimulation measures changes in the human brain's response to a perceived threat following non-invasive stimulation of the nervous system via the vagus nerve. ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Stimulating the vagus nerve, which provides a direct link between the gut and brain, makes people pay less attention to sad facial expressions. This research study by psychologists Katerina Johnson and Laura Steenbergen is ...
May 10, 2022
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