All posts tagged 'TMS'

Brain Stimulation Aids Stroke Patients With Speech Impairment

Posted on July 10th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Non-invasive brain stimulation can help stroke patients recover from chronic speech-language impairment, according to new research. That was the initial result of a study by Dr. Roy Hamilton, the co-director of the Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. His study was published in..
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Magnet device aims to treat depression patients

Posted on October 21st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/20/2008 5:05 PM By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression — a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. If it sounds like science-fiction, well, those woodpecker-like pulses trigger small electrical charges that spark brain..
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