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Brain Stimulation Device for Stroke Victims Fails Clinical Trial

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2008-01-25 21:17:21 by Michael in Medgadget
...cortical stimulation and rehab for motor recovery in patients with stroke. Northstar Neuroscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTR), a medical device company developing therapies for the treatment of neurological diseases and disorders, today announced that its EVEREST(a) pivotal trial evaluating cortical stimulation to improve hand and arm function in...
 
Tags: clinical trial, trial, crucial clinical trial, endpoint, primary endpoint, primary efficacy endpoint, cortical stimulation, efficacy, stroke
 
 
 
 
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Positive Results Reported for Deep TMS H System For Depression

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2008-02-19 08:00:01 by Michael in Medgadget
...cortical brain regions, up to a depth of about 1.5 cm. Hence when treating depression with a standard TMS system, the limbic system, which is related to mood regulation and is generally deeper than 1.5 cm, is only indirectly affected, through secondary processes involving cortical structures, which are directly activated by TMS and then...
 
Tags: deep tms, tms, deep tms technology, standard tms system, brain, standard tms coils, common brain disorders, unique technology, technology
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: 'Brain Map Safeguards Speech During Surgery'

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2008-03-30 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...cortical stimulator (Integra Lifesciences). If the surgeon touches the area associated with eloquent function, the patient would temporarily not be able to name or recognize the picture on the card. Thats how we find whether the area where we will be performing surgery is functional. This is very important for the surgeon to know, because the...
 
Tags: patients primary languages, patients, brain, primary languages, surgery, patient, neurosurgical patient, trilingual patient, patient awake
 
 
 
 
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Salvia Divinorum's Mysteries Being Studied

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2008-04-29 18:38:36 by Michael in Medgadget
...cortical and subcortical regions. The maximum concentration of [ 11 C]-salvinorin A in the brain occurs in 40 seconds and clears with a half-life of only 8 minutes, matching the pharmacological duration of action
 
Tags: scientists, scientists explore brain, brain, brain occurs, salvia, salvia divinorum, brain responsible, brain regions, baboon brain overlaid
 
 
 
 
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Force Feedback Haptic Technology Used in Surgical Drilling Simulator

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2008-05-14 08:00:01 by Michael in Medgadget
...cortical mastoidectomy curriculum, learning the procedure from start to finish, obtaining unlimited practice, and refining their knowledge through heavily catalogued advice and events. A telelearning capability also allows remote, haptically-enabled, surgeon-guided training. For example, a surgeon using a Mediseus simulator in Australia can...
 
Tags: surgical, surgical procedure, ent surgical residents, mediseus surgical, haptic technology, simulator, deliver realistic surgical, technology, fidelity haptic technology
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: The smell of danger

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2008-06-07 12:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Cortical Discrimination of Indiscriminable Odor Cues Learning to associate sensory cues with threats is critical for minimizing aversive experience. The ecological benefit of associative learning relies on accurate perception of predictive cues, but how aversive learning enhances perceptual acuity of sensory signals, particularly in humans,...
 
Tags: aversive, aversive experience, enhances perceptual acuity, enhances perceptual, predictive cues, danger, piriform, induces piriform plasticity, ensemble activity patterns
 
 
 
 
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Your Brain's Forecast: Stormy

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2008-06-10 08:20:15 by Nicholas in Medgadget
...cortical dynamics More from Professor Schiff Medgadget's vast epilepsy archives
 
Tags: neural implants, neural, activity, neural activity, electrical activity, epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, accurately model, model
 
 
 
 
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Better Neural Implants Through Conductive Polymers

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2008-07-17 19:46:23 by Michael in Medgadget
...cortical tissue from a mouse in which the polymer (shown in blue) was deposited after insertion of the metal electrode. The polymer surrounds the cells, forming a diffuse, conductive network that follows the white-matter tracts of the cortex
 
Tags: polymer, conductive polymer, neural, polymer coatings, polymer surrounds, michigan scientists, devices, michigan, biomedical devices
 
 
 
 
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Personalized Bicompartmental Knee Implants from ConforMIS Go On Sale

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2008-08-05 16:21:18 by Michael in Medgadget
...cortical rim, and a simplified surgical technique The iDuo comes packaged together with patient-specific instrumentation called iJigs, which are designed from the same scans as the implant, including data on the patients biomechanical axis. The iJig cutting and placement guides eliminate manual sizing during surgery and provide tactile...
 
Tags: bicompartmental knee implants, bicompartmental knee, bicompartmental, iduo resurfaces, iduo, iduo bicompartmental knee, knee, total knee replacement, patients