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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Long-term cortical and subcortical neuromodulation induced by 
 electrical tongue stimulation\, Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar\, Joe 
 Wildenberg\, UW Department of Neuroscience
DESCRIPTION:The use of electrical neurostimulation to treat neurologic
 al disorders is expanding from initial applications in epilepsy and Pa
 rkinson's disease to conditions such as depression\, obsessive-compuls
 ive disorder\, balance disorders\, and as an adjuvant to behavioral th
 erapy during neurorehabilitation for stroke.  Our group has developed 
 a non-invasive technique that stimulates the central nervous system th
 rough the tongue.  Previous work has shown this technique efficacious 
 as therapy for balance disorders with beneficial effects lasting weeks
  to months after the stimulation therapy has ended.  Here I will prese
 nt a functional magnetic resonance imaging study indicating that stimu
 lation of the cranial nerves via afferents in the tongue can influence
  neural structures within the balance-processing network to produce po
 sitive behavioral effects.  Furthermore\, the results of this study in
 dicate that this stimulation can modify neural processing of tasks not
  encountered during the stimulation sessions.  This seems to be the fi
 rst evidence of long-term network-wide processing plasticity induced b
 y electrical neurostimulation in humans.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1618
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