https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/22/zap-brain-stroke-rehab-trial/
A small Texas company is testing whether pairing vagus nerve stimulation with rehabilitation exercise can restore movement in people who have had a stroke.
Despite being forced by Hurricane Irma to close
its outpatient facilities for several days, the Mayo Clinic in
Jacksonville, Fla., is expected to forge ahead this month with a pivotal
clinical trial testing whether an electrical implant can rewire the brains of stroke patients so they can use their arms and hands again.
If the patients who receive implants regain
significantly more function than those who get only standard
rehabilitation, it will show that stroke-damaged brain circuits can be
bypassed like shorts in a circuit board, with healthy neurons coaxed
into performing the job of those fried by stroke.
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