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Non-invasive brain headset gives back power of speech to ALS patients
Patients with ALS often lose their ability to speak making it harder to communicate with their family. This AI-powered device ...
This Startup Lets Paralyzed People Use Computers–Without A Chip In Their Head
Startup Cognixion, which has developed a noninvasive brain-computer interface, has begun a clinical trial for patients with ...
New technique reveals how axon swellings could be treated in Alzheimer's disease
For decades, scientists have focused on amyloid plaques—abnormal clumps of misfolded proteins that accumulate between neurons ...
New headset reads minds and uses AR, AI and machine learning to help people with locked-in-syndrome communicate with loved ones again
Cognixion's Axon-R headset is a device designed to read brain activity using EEG as a direct input for controls. Using brain responses as inputs, the tech is looking to give back communication to ...
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Cell-permeable peptide shows promise in nerve cell regeneration
multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. Assistant Professor Pabitra Sahoo, of Rutgers University-Newark's Department of Biological Sciences, has made it his life's work to understand ...
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Mechanisms of Disease: Sodium Channels and Neuroprotection in Multiple Sclerosis--Current Status
Voltage-gated sodium channels can contribute to axonal injury in multiple sclerosis (MS ... and they prevent axon degeneration, maintain impulse conduction, and improve clinical status in ...
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New Brain Tech Gives Voice to ALS Patients
A myotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects muscle control, and most ...
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Giving Voice Back: Cognixion’s BCI Headset Offers Hope for Late-Stage ALS
R, a BCI headset that helps late-stage ALS patients communicate. Learn how this innovative technology is restoring voices.