Set up of MAAVNS (IMAGE)

Medical University of South Carolina

Set up of MAAVNS

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By placing sensors on the upper arm and in the ear and using the connected computer to send timed electrical impulses to the vagus nerve during motor rehabilitation, researchers helped patients gain the same amount of motor function improvement in 4 weeks that patients with the implanted device reached in 6 weeks – all without surgery.

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Badran Lab

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