Nature

Movement-responsive deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease using a remotely optimized neural decoder

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has garnered widespread use as an effective treatment for advanced Parkinson’s disease. Conventional DBS (cDBS) provides electrical stimulation to the basal ganglia at ...
Nature

Combined-electrical optogenetic stimulation but not channelrhodopsin kinetics improves the fidelity of high rate stimulation in the auditory pathway in mice

Novel stimulation methods are needed to overcome the limitations of contemporary cochlear implants. Optogenetics is a technique that confers light sensitivity to neurons via the genetic introduction ...
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Learn All About a Growth Hormone Stimulation Test

Learn All About a Growth Hormone Stimulation Test: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty As we age, our bodies naturally undergo changes influenced by hormones, including human growth hormone (HGH), produced by ...
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Brain stimulation can rewire and heal damaged neural connections, but it isn’t clear how – research suggests personalization may be key to more effective therapies

The connections between the neurons in your brain enable you to do amazing things, from brushing your teeth to solving calculus equations. When these connections become damaged, often as a result of ...