【Paper Published】Co-authored Paper Published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Le Cong Dat (1st year doctoral student, Institute of Motor and Functional Medicine) as first author published a paper on the effects of water flow stimulation on neural inhibition-excitation balance in the somatosensory cortex
Le Cong Dat (1st year doctoral student, Institute of Motor and Functional Medicine) as first author published a paper
Effect of whole-hand water flow stimulation on the neural balance between excitation and inhibition in the primary somatosensory cortex.
in the international journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
This research demonstrated that water flow stimulation to the palm may alter the balance between neural excitation and inhibition (excitation-inhibition balance) in the primary somatosensory cortex.
〔Research Highlights〕
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It was known that the excitation-inhibition balance of the primary somatosensory cortex, which plays an important role in improving our somatosensory function, changes with continuous electrical stimulation to the fingertips. This time, we investigated the effects of a unique stimulus: "water flow stimulation to the palm."
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The results of this study showed that people with inherently low inhibitory activity in the primary somatosensory cortex experienced increased activity through water flow stimulation.
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These results suggest that water flow stimulation to the palm could be an effective means of improving inhibitory function in neurological patients with impaired inhibitory function in the primary somatosensory cortex.
For detailed research content
https://www.nuhw.ac.jp/research/2022/10/le-cong-dat.html
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