There may be new hope for stroke patients. An experimental nerve stimulation therapy helped reduce disability, new research finds
There may be new hope for stroke patients: An experimental nerve stimulation therapy helped reduce disability, new research finds.
The therapy, known as active nerve cell cluster stimulation, was used on patients within 24 hours of an ischemic stroke. This most common type of"brain attack" is often caused by a clot that blocks a blood vessel and so prevents blood flow in the brain. Within minutes of such a blockage, brain cells begin to die, leading to potential mental and physical disabilities.The study, published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet, was funded by BrainsGate Ltd.
"Nerves are highly responsive to electrical stimulation, and capitalizing on this with clever techniques represents a largely untapped potential strategy to treat stroke and other neurological disorders," Hays said. Continued improvements in the devices and their implementation is likely to"really impact treatment of neurological disorders in the near term," he said:"I think devices are the future for the treatment of neurological disorders.
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