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… "I didn't make the step and something was wrong, so I kind of spun around and lost my balance a little bit," Doyle said. He spent three weeks in the hospital. His left … to use the arm and the hand," said Dr. Leigh Hochberg, the director of the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Hochberg and …

… April 22 in  The Lancet , “ Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired with Rehabilitation for Upper Limb Motor Function After Ischaemic Stroke (VNS-REHAB): A Randomised, … with sham stimulation. “How to optimize recovery after a stroke has been studied for decades, but there has been little shown to dramatically improve peoples’ daily … effort between the MGH Institute, MGH Neurology, and MGH Neurosurgery.  “We are only beginning to understand how to best stimulate the brain to regain function,” …

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