Transcranial direct current stimulation

Electrodes and Their Effect on Brain Function In the article, “Jumper Cables for The Mind”, Dan Hurley describes his experience with tDCS (transcranial direct-current stimulation) and if its process changes brain activity to cause quick reaction time, better memory, improved mental health, and even the ability to solve equations. This stimulation process involves the attachment of wires, (similar to what is used in an EEG), to the head on certain areas for specific targets of the brain. It is a…

Modern developments in technology and medicine have made studying the brain much easier that it used to be. Although the brain is encased in the skull, there are still many ways we can find out how it works. One of the simplest ways we can study the brain is through case studies. A case study looks at one specific situation and tells how that particular individual reacted and how his or her brain was affected. A couple downsides to the case study is that there is usually information missing and…

The topic for the research being proposed is to investigate whether the use of tDCS (transcranial direct stimulation) applied to a specific area of the human test subjects brain’s can enhance working memory, more specifically memory retrieval. tDCS has become a popular technology due to the affordability of the equipment involved. tCDS is a fairly new technology and with that comes unkown, not yet discovered, aspects of the technology. The first and most notable unknown is the long term…

CORTICAL MAPPING USING MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS IN GLIOMA SURGERY INTRODUCTION The aim of glioma surgery is to get maximum resection of a tumor with minimal violation of normal brain tissue. A primary tenet of neurosurgical oncology is that survival can improve with greater tumor resection, but this principle must be tempered by the potential for functional loss after a radical removal. It has always been a challenge to achieve this ?functional? resection especially when eloquent cortex is…

To comprehend the advantages of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation we have to comprehend what this implies. A noninvasive strategy, this causes depolarization or hyperpolarization of the neurons present in the cerebrum. Using the electromagnetic prompting, it is utilized to make powerless electric streams by utilizing rotating attractive field. This creates movement in those particular regions of the cerebrum, which empowers the therapeutic advisor to consider the working and the between…

Impaired Participation in Activities A measure of one’s independence is their ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The term ADL refers to activities of daily self-care i.e. bathing, dressing, and eating. IADLS are not fundamental to healthy living but lend to a more independent livelihood. Those activities include shopping, working, and applying knowledge to use technology. Deficits with these skills can affect one’s…

diabetic neuropathy enjoyed significantly less burning, numbness, tingling, and exercise-induced foot pain when treated with magnet therapy. These benefits occurred gradually, over about four months ' time. Studies show that a magnetic field has a direct effect on nerves by inhibiting their ability to chemically transmit the electrochemical message of pain from one neuron to the next. The negative magnetic field inhibits infectious microorganisms, eliminates toxins, relieves inflammation and…

What TMS can tell us about Stroke Recovery According to the World Health Organisation (2004) stroke is the second most common cause of adult mortality and the third most common cause of chronic disabilities in adults. Di Pino, Pellegrin, Assenza and Copone et al (2014) discussed stroke affects to the blood-oxygen supply to the brain disrupted synaptic transmission, observed as the lack of electrical activity in the penumbra after the stroke. More research has focused on how the rehabilitation…

to affect outcomes. This evolutionary model would explain, from an evolutionary perspective, why self-concept seems to be limited to the great apes. Although there are several extant arboreal primate species, today’s orangutans may provide the most direct example of the ancestral condition Povinelli and Cant have suggested – large, primarily arboreal, orthograde, and often executing complex clambering and brachiating movements. The emergence of bodily self-concept with arboreal existence leads…

Midterm Current Event Topic: Brain to Brain Interface Statement: Technology is growing worldwide. If it keeps on growing this way our generation’s technology will be nothing compared to the upcoming generation. Technology is improving from time to time such as: we went from keypad phones to touch-screen phones also we went from regular time telling watches to smart watches. The technology which interests me the most is the brain to brain interfaces. Brain to Brain interfaces is a direct…