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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Affects Pain Perception in Depressed Adults

Pain Research and Management, 2005
BACKGROUND: Previous research suggests that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) affects pain perception in epilepsy patients, with acute VNS decreasing pain thresholds and chronic VNS treatment increasing pain thresholds.
Jeffrey J Borckardt, F Andrew Kozel, Berry Anderson, Angela Walker, Mark S George   +4 more
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LTP-like cortical plasticity predicts conversion to dementia in patients with memory impairment

Brain Stimulation, 2020
Background: New diagnostic criteria consider Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as a clinico-biological entity identifiable in vivo on the presence of specific patterns of CSF biomarkers. Objective: Here we used transcranial magnetic stimulation to investigate the
Francesco Di Lorenzo, Caterina Motta, Elias Paolo Casula, Sonia Bonnì, Martina Assogna, Carlo Caltagirone, Alessandro Martorana, Giacomo Koch   +7 more
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Neuronavigated Right Orbitofrontal 20 Hz Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Augmentation for Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder with Comorbid Depression and Anxiety Disorders: An Open-Label Study

Brain Sciences
Background: Despite the availability of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy for treating obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), alternative approaches need to be explored due to the high likelihood of treatment resistance.
William F. Stubbeman, Jennifer Yang, Julianne Converse, Melodi Gencosmanoglu, Daisy Morales Ortega, Jordyn Morris, Andrew Sobocinski, Vicky Li, Gabriella Gunawardane, Yana Edelen, Raya Khairkhah, Jillian Perez   +11 more
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Design and validation of a closed-loop, motor-activated auricular vagus nerve stimulation (MAAVNS) system for neurorehabilitation

Brain Stimulation, 2020
Background: Studies have found that pairing vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) with motor activity accelerates cortical reorganization. This synchronous pairing may enhance motor recovery.
Daniel N. Cook, Sean Thompson, Sasha Stomberg-Firestein, Marom Bikson, Mark S. George, Dorothea D. Jenkins, Bashar W. Badran   +6 more
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Sham-derived effects and the minimal reliability of theta burst stimulation

Scientific Reports, 2021
Theta-burst stimulation (TBS) is a patterned form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) that has been used to induce long-term modulation (plasticity) of corticospinal excitability in a drastically shorter duration protocol than ...
P. O. Boucher, R. A. Ozdemir, D. Momi, M. J. Burke, A. Jannati, P. J. Fried, A. Pascual-Leone, M. M. Shafi, Emiliano Santarnecchi   +8 more
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Gamma‐induction in frontotemporal dementia (GIFTeD) randomized placebo‐controlled trial: Rationale, noninvasive brain stimulation protocol, and study design

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2021
Introduction Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disorder for which there is no effective pharmacological treatment. Recently, interneuron activity responsible for fast oscillatory brain activity has been found to be impaired in a mouse ...
Martina Assogna, Giulia Sprugnoli, Daniel Press, Brad Dickerson, Joanna Macone, Sonia Bonnì, Ilaria Borghi, Ann Connor, Megan Hoffman, Nainika Grover, Bonnie Wong, Changyu Shen, Alessandro Martorana, Molly O'Reilly, Giulio Ruffini, Georges El Fakhri, Giacomo Koch, Emiliano Santarnecchi   +17 more
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effects on the Neural Substrate of Conceptual Representations

Brain Sciences, 2023
The aim of this study was to shed light on the neural substrate of conceptual representations starting from the construct of higher-order convergence zones and trying to evaluate the unitary or non-unitary nature of this construct.
Sonia Bonnì, Ilaria Borghi, Michele Maiella, Elias Paolo Casula, Giacomo Koch, Carlo Caltagirone, Guido Gainotti   +6 more
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Stimulants and the developing brain

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2005
For almost 70 years, children have received stimulants for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD (initially called hyperkinetic syndrome)], with little understanding of the long-term effects of these drugs on brain development.
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Infantile Central Nervous System Juvenile Xanthogranuloma With Somatic CSF1R Mutation Responsive to Imatinib Monotherapy

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) of the central nervous system (CNS) is a rare non‐Langerhans cell histiocytosis. CSF1R mutations have been reported for peripheral JXG, but not in CNS JXG. A 3‐month‐old male presented with fever, lymphadenopathy, and macrocephaly with bulging fontanelles.
Sima Vazquez, Kayla Etienne, Long Di, Valerie Martinez‐Torres, Andrew Rosenberg, Sakir H. Gultekin, Aditi Dhir, Bradley Gampel, Heather J. McCrea   +8 more
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Transcranial brain stimulation: closing the loop between brain and stimulation [PDF]

Current Opinion in Neurology, 2016
Purpose of review To discuss recent strategies for boosting the efficacy of noninvasive transcranial brain stimulation to improve human brain function. Recent findings Recent research exposed substantial intra- and inter-individual variability in response to plasticity-inducing ...
Karabanov, Anke, Thielscher, Axel, Siebner, Hartwig Roman   +2 more
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