December 21, 2004

New treatments for stroke damage being tested

Dr. Randall Benson, assistant professor at Wayne State's School of Medicine, commented about the breakthrough treatment for strokes called repetitive Transcranial magnetic stimulation or rTMS. The procedure involves sending tightly focused magnetic pulses into the brain which has helped to improve weakened limbs and improve speech in stroke victims. "A lot of us believe that this is really going to be a turning point in intervention in neuroscience,\" Benson said.

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