Almost 18,000 Americans experience traumatic spinal cord injuries every year. Many of these people are unable to use their hands and arms and can't do everyday tasks such as eating, grooming or ...

Researchers have shown that optogenetics -- a technique that uses pulses of visible light to alter the behavior of brain cells -- can be as good as or possibly better than the older technique of using ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a completely new stimulation method, using ultra-thin microelectrodes, to combat severe pain. This provides effective and personalized pain ...

In this experiment, ultrasound protocols comprising two distinct stimulation patterns by combining Low-Intensity Low-Frequency (LILF) 30Hz and 5Hz ultrasound were used. The first pattern, known as ...