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Neurostimulation - The Genius Machine?
Do you wish you were smarter? Are you often baffled by puzzles? According to Australian neuroscientists Chi and Snyder, all you need is a bit of electric assistance: Brain stimulation enables the solution of an inherently difficult problem. In their study, 22 volunteers were faced with the 9 dots problem, a notoriously difficult puzzle. The goal here is to draw exactly four straight lines connecting all nine of these dots, without retracing any line, or lifting your pen from the page.
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Neurostimulation Helped Children's Intractable Constipation
Significant improvement in hardest-to-treat chronic constipation shown in novel use of electrical stimulation (neurostimulation) at home. Read Post
St. Jude Medical Receives CE Mark Approval For World's Smallest, Longest-Lasting Rechargeable Deep Brain Stimulator For Parkinson's Disease
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval of the Brio™ neurostimulator, the world's smallest, longest-lasting rechargeable deep brain stimulation (DBS) device for treating the symptoms of... Read Post
Medtronic Announces Launch Of Activa(R) SC Deep Brain Stimulation System
With the first U.S. implant of its new Activa SC neurostimulator for deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced the technology's commercial availability throughout the United States and Europe. The s... Read Post