Body of Research

The author suggests that pathological neural activity could be treated by directing specific plasticity to renormalize circuits and restore function. Rehabilitative therapies aimed to promote adaptive circuit changes after neurological disease or injury, are often prevented in supporting full recovery owing to insufficient or maladaptive plasticity. Adjunctive strategies that broadly support plasticity to facilitate rehabilitative interventions have the potential to improve treatment in a wid...

Through a systematic review of Medline and Embase databases, with the inclusion of four preclinical and five clinical studies on Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS) and transcutaneous auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS), Shiozawa et. al. concluded that TNS and tVNS improve treatment of particular neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression. See the details of the study that shows promising (even though mixed) results at SciELO Brasil.   Reference: Shiozawa P, Silva ME, Carvalho TC, Cord...