Study: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) can reduce fatigue in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

  _______________ Tran­scra­nial Direct Cur­rent Stim­u­la­tion Shown to Reduce Fatigue Asso­ci­at­ed with Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (NYU Lagone Health press release): “Peo­ple with mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis (MS) who under­went a non-inva­­sive form of elec­tri­cal brain stim­u­la­tion expe­ri­enced sig­nif­i­cant reduc­tions in fatigue, a com­mon and often debil­i­tat­ing symp­tom of the disease

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Too early? Brain stimulation device Thync fails to get traction in the minds of consumers

How Thync, Start­up Behind Brain-Zap­ping Gad­get, Almost Died (Bloomberg): “In 2014, Sil­i­con Val­ley start­up Thync had sold tech­nol­o­gy enthu­si­asts and ven­ture cap­i­tal­ists on the idea of strap­ping a device to your fore­head that sends elec­tric shocks to the brain. The wear­able gad­get gar­nered atten­tion for its futur­is­tic promis­es of brain stimulation, 

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Pros and Cons of latest wearable tech trend: Mood-altering electrical brain stimulation

Elec­tri­cal brain stim­u­la­tion moves from lab to home, experts wary (CBC radio): “Zap­ping your brain to adjust your mood may sound like the stuff of sci­ence fic­tion, or a campy B movie. But Anna Wexler is a real life grad stu­dent at the Mass­a­chus­sets Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy, demon­strat­ing a real, com­mer­cial­ly avail­able device she bought for less…

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