Translingual Neurostimulation (TLNS): Perspective on a Novel Approach to Neurorehabilitation after Brain Injury

No clue what this is so ask your doctor if applicable to stroke rehab.

Electrical stimulation of the tongue/translingual neurostimulation; but would spices on the tongue work better?

The Szechuan pepper that sends the equivalent of 50 light taps to the brain per second. 

Translingual Neurostimulation (TLNS): Perspective on a Novel Approach to Neurorehabilitation after Brain Injury

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• Yuri Danilov
• Dafna Paltin

• Yuri Danilov
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• Dafna Paltin
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1. 1.Department of KinesiologyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonUSA

Protocol

First Online: 30 June 2018

Part of the Neuromethods book series (NM, volume 139)

Abstract

CN-NINM technology represents a synthesis of a new noninvasive brain stimulation technique with applications in physical medicine, cognitive, and affective neurosciences. Our new stimulation method appears promising for the treatment of a full spectrum of movement disorders and for both attention and memory dysfunction associated with traumatic brain injury. The integrated CN-NINM therapy proposed here aims to restore function beyond traditionally expected limits by employing both newly developed therapeutic mechanisms for progressive physical and cognitive training while simultaneously applying brain stimulation through a portable neurostimulation device called the PoNS™. Based on our previous research and recent pilot data, we believe a rigorous in-clinic CN-NINM training program, followed by regular at-home exercises that will also be performed with CN-NINM, will simultaneously enhance, accelerate, and extend recovery from multiple impairments (e.g. movement, vision, speech, memory, attention, and mood), based on divergent but deeply interconnected neurophysiological mechanisms of neuroplasticity.