#Stimulation

Author: Laura Sanders / Source: Science News Nudging an older person’s brain waves into sync temporarily boosts her recall powers. After about a half hour of precisely calibrated stimulation, people were better able to mentally juggle images seen on a screen, researchers report April 8 in Nature

Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama Depression is a silent killer. Nobody wants to have it, especially those who have it. They can’t understand why they feel that way and most of the time they just want it to end because it bears so much pain, suffering, and agony. The hard part of it is they

Author: Laurel Hamers / Source: Science News Paralysis is becoming less permanent — at least for some. There’s now more evidence that stimulating the spinal cord can restore voluntary movement in paralyzed patients who haven’t recovered after other treatments. After five months of training

Source: Good News Network A 35-year-old man who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years after a car accident has shown signs of consciousness after neurosurgeons implanted a small nerve stimulator. Using a simple 20-minute surgery, the simulator was attached to the vagus nerve in the

Author: Laura Sanders / Source: Science News With the help of a spine stimulator and intensive training, a formerly paralyzed man can command his legs to step again. This achievement, described online September 24 in Nature Medicine, inches researchers closer to restoring movement to paraplegic