Researchers at NYU Langone’s Grossman School of Medicine have found that a computerised brain implant could efficiently alleviate short-term and chronic pain in a new preclinical study.
This data could be a ‘blueprint’ for creating brain implants to treat pain syndromes as well as other brain-based disorders, including anxiety, depression and panic attacks, the scientists noted.
According to the study, rodents with the implant withdrew their paws 40% more slowly from sudden pain as against times when the device was switched off.
