Electromagnetic device for the treatment of addiction in America
U.S. scientists to reach a new technology fall under the list of devices called "systems transcranial magnetic stimulation" help to recover from drug addiction.
The researchers discovered that technology after tests conducted showed a group of mice addicts who quit cocaine after using lasers to change the neurons in a certain part of the brain.
The new device is a modern medical device works on electromagnetic brain stimulation by sending electrical pulses from the device through the skull, are those impulses to raise electric charges that stimulate the activity of nerve cells in the brain.
He scientists through the results of their study, published in the journal "Nature of Science" to the strategy similar to the technique using magnets can work on drug abusers of human beings, and is expected to begin clinical trials soon to see the desired results.
The scientists found when stimulate the region of the brain called the cortex "prefrontal" magnetic light, have been wiped addictive behavior of the brains of laboratory animals, so it may work versa turning these mice is addicted to cocaine rats student compelling manner.
Said a professor at the University of California at San Francisco State and the supervisor of the study, Ontonalo Boncy, "when directing the laser light in the front area of the prefrontal cortex is still feeling the need to use cocaine."
He added that "the study may shed light on the central role of the prefrontal cortex, which controls the nerve impulses, and decision-making and behavioral flexibility, also plays an important role in cocaine addiction-compulsive disorder."
"When the use of the new treatment on humans will not be relying on the use of lasers, but often on the electromagnetic stimulation outside the scalp, especially technical called Ahs (transcranial magnetic stimulation)."
The process involves transcranial magnetic stimulation to develop a large electromagnetic coil on the scalp to create an electric current stimulates the nerve cells.
The scientists pointed out that modern technology does not resemble the seriousness of the electrodes planted inside the skull for the purposes of treatment, which aims to bring about tremors in the brain.
Noteworthy that there are an estimated 200 thousand people addicted cocaine in Britain, unlike the 4.1 million people in America.
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