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POPSThe Clitoris: the little man in a woman's head What a turn on. <<<Electrical clitoral stimulation produced significant activations predominantly in bilaterally prefrontal areas (BA 6, 8 and 45), the precentral, parietal and postcentral gyri, including S1 (BA 2 and 3; 40–70% probability) and S2 (BA 43 and ventral BA 40, 30–60% probability). In addition, distributed activations were also seen in the anterior and posterior parts of the insula and the putamen.>>>
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POPSEMS Tone-A-Matic manufactures and distributes electronic muscle stimulation devices and TENS systems for body building and toning muscle.
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POPSEnhancing learning through brain stimulation this is an exciting finding. pointing towards ways of enhancing and augmenting basic abilities. i think it ought not to remain in the confines of treating illnesses only. unless we will define unaugmented abilities as illness...
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POPSDeep brain stimulation induces vivid memories In addition, this incident reaffirms a suspicion I’ve had about the brain and its ability to store memories. I’ve often thought that the brain does an excellent job recording and storing memories, but that our recall mechanisms are disturbingly weak and highly selective. Our long-term associations with memories are frequently diminished (e.g. some of our more painful memories are often exaggerated, distorted or suppressed). What this incident with DBS suggests is that our memories are beautifully preserved in our brains. We just lack the recall linkages and cognitive mechanisms to bring those memories back in any kind of detail. Our memories are accessed as fleeting bits of information instead of linear experiences.
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POPSBrain Blogging, Thirty-Ninth Edition Looking for the latest cranial information? Search no further for info on the future of computer-assisted cognitive therapy, electrical brain stimulation for bad drivers, mad cow disease, and many more topics.
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POPSA Robot Controlled by Self Organizing Biological Neural Net "Within a week we get some spontaneous firings and brain-like activity" similar to what happens in a normal rat -- or human -- brain, he added. But without external stimulation, the brain will wither and die within a couple of months. "Now we are looking at how best to teach it to behave in certain ways," explained Warwick. To some extent, Gordon learns by itself. When it hits a wall, for example, it gets an electrical stimulation from the robot's sensors. As it confronts similar situations, it learns by habit.
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POPSWant to Enhance Your Brain Power? Give Your Neurons an Electrical Jolt Very little is known about how TDCS works. Scientists theorize that the mild current primes the neurons for action but does not trigger the voltage spikes that neurons use to communicate. "Presumably, it is polarizing neurons and making them more or less likely to respond to inputs," Cognitive enhancement with drugs such as Ritalin, prescribed for attention deficit disorder, is already widespread, of course. A survey published online at Nature in April found that one in five respondents, most of whom were academics and scientists, reported using such drugs for nonmedical use. Electrical stimulation may prove even easier to access. "Half the people in this room could build this type of device with parts from RadioShack," Wassermann told a crowd at a neurotechnology conference in Cleveland last week.
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POPSELECTRODES IN THE BRAIN...hope for severe depression Sounds so much better then 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo Nest'. I love progress. To read the full article: http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/ShowArticle.aspx?IsP=news/614/news614847.xml&dp=2008/04/28&q1=&cen=&xid=nl_EverydayHealthEmotionalHealth_20080430
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POPSDeep Brain Stimulation - Depression Cure? The ability to dial up happiness on demand? Of course, this is a very limited experiement right now - but might have positive outcome for people with severe depression as well as Parkinsons.
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POPSBrain activity boosted in injured brains by implant This is really cool. An electrical implant boosts brain activity in trauma patients with brain injuries and allows them to regain consciousness and even talk and react to their surroundings by laughing, etc. The human body is amazingly resilient.
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POPSElectrifying Stem Cells The nanowires were also successfully used to deliver a gene for a fluorescent protein, proving that such arrays can be employed to send chemical stimuli to embryonic cells.
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POPSChronic Pain Explained Simply This is an excellent article from WebMD that explains the etiology and treatment of chronic pain in very easy to understand everyday language. I highly recommend it to anyone suffering from chronic pain or who is living with someone who suffers from this condition.
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POPSNapping Good? Part 2 Remember to not just take this as completely true, read more about it. Read other sources, do not blindly follow everything you read.
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