Sentence examples for electrode implants from inspiring English sources

There is the possibility of experimental treatments, he said, including electrode implants and potential nerve transfers.

The electrode implants are standard procedure in such cases, allowing doctors to pinpoint the location of the mini-storms of brain activity that cause epileptic seizures.

Dr. Harkema said that four more patients would receive electrode implants, but that the research had a long way to go.

In recent years, researchers have produced brain-computer interfaces that let users remotely control gadgets with their minds; retinal electrode implants that can restore limited sight to the blind; an ingestible sensor that, powered by stomach acid, lets patients monitor their response to medicine by means of a cell-phone app.

The operations can destroy altered regions of the brain, clear away abnormal electrical "static" with electrode implants and can sometimes repair damage with transplants of dopamine-producing cells (the decrease of the brain chemical dopamine can produce one or more of the classic signs of the disease).

Mimicking real tissue, novel materials lead to flexible electrode implants that help paralyzed animals walk again.

The wire was then attached to an electrode implanted into her skull under the skin.

The new method uses an electrode implanted in the inner ear to stimulate a structure called the cochlea, which turns mechanical vibrations into a signal that the auditory nerve conveys to the brain.

Antibodies specific for astrocytes and microglia were used to detect the presence of glial reactions around electrode implant sites.

Second, the activated microglia may attack the electrode implant itself causing malfunction of the implant over time.

A wire soldered to a skull screw placed over the cerebellum or an uninsulated electrode implanted vertically in the frontal nCTX served as a signal reference.