Carryover effect exists and has “remarkably high” variability in spinal cord stimulation patients

An international, multicentre study has confirmed the existence of the carryover or ‘echo’ effect—an interval before patients perceive the return of pain after their...

Vagus nerve stimulation demonstrates promise as non-medical treatment for narcolepsy

An initial evaluation of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in narcolepsy patients has linked this neuromodulation modality to a “significant improvement” in daytime sleepiness, leading...

Study elucidates how patient age and electrode connectivity impact cognitive effects of DBS

A study presented at the recent American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting (13–18 April, Denver, USA) has gone some way to elucidating how...

Study reinforces ‘widely held but underexplored’ view that ECT is safe and effective for...

Researchers have found that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)—whereby an electric current is passed through the brain of a patient under general anaesthesia to induce a...

Brain stimulation plus rehabilitation produces improved upper-limb function in stroke survivors

Combining brain stimulation with intense physical rehabilitation helped stroke survivors recover movement in their arms and hands, and maintain these improvements for one year, within a...

Former Stimwave CEO hit with fraud charges over ‘fake, non-functional’ device component

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has today charged Laura Tyler Perryman—the former chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of Florida-based medical device...

Evolving the standard of care: What is next for functional neurosurgery?

The proliferation of new technologies and advancements in the neurosciences space has showed little sign of slowing in recent years and—as John Rolston (Boston,...

Medical necessity “should drive all remote monitoring decisions” in SCS, expert panel states

The principle of medical necessity “should drive all remote monitoring decisions” relating to spinal cord stimulation (SCS) technologies, according to recommendations recently published in...

Intrathecal drug delivery effective for managing cancer-related pain, as per existing literature

Two separate systematic reviews and meta-analyses—both published recently in Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface—have concluded that intrathecal drug delivery (IDD) systems are effective...

Novel ‘infraslow pink noise’ stimulation found to be safe and feasible in chronic tinnitus

A novel brain stimulation technique called high-definition transcranial infraslow pink noise stimulation (HD-tIPNS) was recently evaluated in a placebo-controlled pilot study, and found to...

Non-invasive VNS approach could enhance post-stroke recovery outcomes

A novel approach to vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) may enable successful post-stroke recovery without the need for “invasive and often-uninsured” traditional VNS therapies. A paper published...