Therapeutic effects of non-invasive brain stimulation with direct currents (tDCS) in neuropsychiatric diseases

MF Kuo, W Paulus, MA Nitsche - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
Neuroplasticity, which is the dynamic structural and functional reorganization of central
nervous system connectivity due to environmental and internal demands, is recognized as a …

[HTML][HTML] Restoration of vision in blind individuals using bionic devices: a review with a focus on cortical visual prostheses

PM Lewis, HM Ackland, AJ Lowery, JV Rosenfeld - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
The field of neurobionics offers hope to patients with sensory and motor impairment.
Blindness is a common cause of major sensory loss, with an estimated 39 million people …

Resting-state networks link invasive and noninvasive brain stimulation across diverse psychiatric and neurological diseases

MD Fox, RL Buckner, H Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Brain stimulation, a therapy increasingly used for neurological and psychiatric disease,
traditionally is divided into invasive approaches, such as deep brain stimulation (DBS), and …

Characterizing and modulating brain circuitry through transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with electroencephalography

F Farzan, M Vernet, MMD Shafi, A Rotenberg… - Frontiers in neural …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The concurrent combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with
electroencephalography (TMS-EEG) is a powerful technology for characterizing and …

Neuromodulatory treatments for chronic pain: efficacy and mechanisms

MP Jensen, MA Day, J Miró - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2014 - nature.com
Chronic pain is common, and the available treatments do not provide adequate relief for
most patients. Neuromodulatory interventions that modify brain processes underlying the …

Carbon nanotube-based multi electrode arrays for neuronal interfacing: progress and prospects

L Bareket-Keren, Y Hanein - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Carbon nanotube (CNT) coatings have been demonstrated over the past several years as a
promising material for neuronal interfacing applications. In particular, in the realm of …

[HTML][HTML] Thalamus and pain

CT Yen, PL Lu - Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica, 2013 - Elsevier
The thalamus is a key relay station for the transmission of nociceptive information to the
cerebral cortex. We review the input–output connection, functional imaging, direct neuronal …

Changes in resting state functional connectivity after repetitive transcranial direct current stimulation applied to motor cortex in fibromyalgia patients

CM Cummiford, TD Nascimento, BR Foerster… - Arthritis research & …, 2016 - Springer
Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, centralized pain condition characterized by
alterations in the functional, chemical, and structural brain networks responsible for sensory …

Semiconductor nanorod–carbon nanotube biomimetic films for wire-free photostimulation of blind retinas

L Bareket, N Waiskopf, D Rand, G Lubin… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report the development of a semiconductor nanorod-carbon nanotube based platform for
wire-free, light induced retina stimulation. A plasma polymerized acrylic acid midlayer was …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic oscillatory signatures of central neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury

A Vuckovic, MA Hasan, M Fraser, BA Conway… - The journal of pain, 2014 - Elsevier
Central neuropathic pain (CNP) is believed to be accompanied by increased activation of
the sensorimotor cortex. Our knowledge of this interaction is based mainly on functional …