Shocking New Therapy For Stroke Recovery

About every 40 seconds, someone somewhere has a stroke. Every four minutes, someone dies from a stroke. They can strike anytime and affect anyone.

Now scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas are studying a new way to help stroke survivors regain any physical abilities that were lost after a stroke.

Daniel Hulsey, a Ph.D. student of cognitive neuroscience at UT Dallas said, “We want to be able to restore that function by restoring circuitry in the brain.”

To accomplish this, researchers turned their attention to the vagus nerve, the nerve that tells the brain how the body is doing.

“When you stimulate this nerve, you send a signal up into the brain that [indicates] what just happened is really interesting and important,” said Michael Kilgard, a neuroscientist at UT Dallas.

When electrical pulses stimulate the nerve, the brain releases chemicals from different areas and essentially re-organizes itself. This enables the brain to learn new tasks.

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[JessieJansen]

Wow.. I'll volunteer for this treatment.. I had a third Stroke in, June of 2016.. have some difficulty with some movements of my right leg and foot and left hand and arm

[DivinelyGuided]

My brother would like to be a part of your study for adults. He has suffered for two years since his stroke. His left side has severe neuropathy. He is young. I want to see him recover. Please reach out to me. He lives in SM, CA

[chiyuryuu]

Would like to know what physical activities could stimulate the vagus nerve. Just doing vagal compression like leaning forward holding full breath and pressing down? Physical activities would be less invasive than a probe insertion.

[susanakawaguchi]

My Husband had also a stroke . His left arm and legs are paralyzed. He can recognize me but he cannot talk. Doctor said he cannot recovery to move again and to walk again. Please reply me what kind of surgery

[kerinasaliloamituanai]

do you guys do treatments in the pacific islands?

[wykikii]

Will this work for peripheral vision loss?

[fredkotthaus]

I guess they're not monitoring this channel cus no response or update

[willemh]

also for a cloody cva and till what time after the happening u can use me for any tests

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I love tI desperate to o get a spot in the human testing. I
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[rogerclyde]

So where do you go for this therapy? Nice you tell us Stroke victims about it! But shouldn’t you at least tell us where to look for it. Not all can go to just one Lab.

[andyz]

I am interested totalk to Dr Davidhope to get call back being stroke patient likto understand more like cause of it since it’s unknown not related to heart or any damaged nerve in brain not related to smoke or drinking issue😊

[andyz]

Dr David Luke to talk and see you about stroke issue experimenmy reason is I am a stroke patient and tired of money making hospitals or other word looter that shows them m focal professional like inova in Vienna Virginia