The Webinar: State of the Art on Acute Ischemic Stroke
The webinar, sheduled for Monday, January 29, 2018 5:00:00 PM CET - 6:00:00 PM CET, will kick-off the State of the Art on clinical data recently published in 2017 and discuss the next boundaries to foresee in Acute Ischemic Stroke treatment. SPEAKERS: Prof. Urs...
SSOFT development after the SAFE Working Conference: Modules 1 and 2 to be available by mid April 2018
SAFE Working Conference in Zagreb 2017 gathered over one hundred delegates from all SAFE member organisations. Victoria Brewer, SSOFT Project and Operations Director, saw this conference as a great opportunity for collecting both stroke stories and some high value...
Electronic modulation of carotid sinus nerve can be used as a treatment for type 2 diabetes in rats
A team lead by Sílvia Vilares Conde, from CEDOC-NOVA Medical School, in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Galvani Bioelectronics, has demonstrated through findings in rats that is possible to restore insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis, by...
Potential brain-machine interface for hand paralysis
A brain-machine interface that combines brain stimulation with a robotic device controlling hand movement increases the output of pathways connecting the brain and spinal cord, according to a study of healthy adults published in JNeurosci. This work could have...
Improving stroke treatment through machine learning
Methods from optogenetics and machine learning should help improve treatment options for stroke patients. Researchers from Heidelberg University have developed a computer vision technique to analyse the changes in motor skills that result from targeted stimulation of...
