All patients had undergone preliminary test stimulation.
Cervical Direct Current carotid body stimulation - preliminary evaluation of a novel method to modulate carotid chemoreflex function for treatment of central and complex sleep apnea.
Corticospinal excitability is dependent on the parameters of peripheral electric stimulation: a preliminary study.
In our preliminary results, sensitization and stimulation periods of 16 h (overnight) and 3 h, respectively, resulted in the highest luciferase expression (data not shown).
Indeed, B cells express AT1R [ 88] and we have preliminary data showing that stimulation of B cells isolated from mice with Ang II potentiates IgM formation in response to a known B cell stimulator, the oligodeoxynucleotide CpG.
Based on our preliminary results, three conditions of stimulation were chosen: anodal left/cathodal right anterior temporal lobe (ATL) stimulation ("bilateral stimulation"); anodal left ATL stimulation (with a large contralateral cathodal electrode – referred as "unilateral stimulation") and sham stimulation.
Selected time-points were chosen based on preliminary kinetic experiments showing maximum stimulation at 2.5-5 min, followed by decrease of the signal and partial recovery after prolonged stimulation of 1 6 h (not shown).
An academic paper is not yet available on this work, but preliminary results suggest that the stimulation component had significant positive effects on a range of outcomes relevant to cognitive language and motor development, sociability, and inhibitory control.
The results from a preliminary trial of deep brain stimulation in six women with persistent, life threatening anorexia found the treatment is generally safe and might also have significant benefits in individuals who have struggled for years to get better.
Not constituting a proof but consistent with this idea, preliminary data indicate that BMDC stimulation via TLR7 entails delayed induction of JunB, which is associated with delayed proinflammatory cytokines production (data not shown).
