Brian F Saway, Charles Palmer, Christopher Hughes, Matthew Triano, Rishishankar E Suresh, Jordon Gilmore, Mark George, Steven A Kautz, Nathan C Rowland
Stroke is one of the most common and debilitating neurological conditions worldwide. Those who survive experience motor, sensory, speech, vision, and/or cognitive deficits that severely limit remaining quality of life. While rehabilitation programs can help improve patients' symptoms, recovery is often limited, and patients frequently continue to experience impairments in functional status. In this review, invasive neuromodulation techniques to augment the effects of conventional rehabilitation methods are described, including vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), deep brain stimulation (DBS) and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)...
February 19, 2024: Neurotherapeutics: the Journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics