• DocumentCode
    1837890
  • Title

    Development of sleep therapeutic instrument based on the mechanism of neuroprotection

  • Author

    Zhenxing, Weng ; Xuelong, Tian ; Yanjie, Jia ; Wu Qianghui ; Min, Shen

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Bioengieering, Chongqing Univ., China
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    26-28 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    189
  • Lastpage
    191
  • Abstract
    This article puts forward a new therapy for insomnia, which grounds on the mechanism that after fastigial nucleus electrical stimulation (FNS) in the brain there exists neuroprotection function, and discusses the physiological principle of the therapy. The hardware makeup of the ES sleep therapeutic instrument developed on the above law is explained. Using this instrument, clinical experiment is done and the treatment result is attained, that 80.5% of the insomnia sufferers get rid of the habit of taking the hypnotic before sleep after a period of treatment and the insomnia symptom of a few of the chronic insomniacs is improved markedly after 3-4 periods of successive treatment. The experiment result indicates that the therapy based on the neuroprotection law is effective for insomnia.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; sleep; FNS; cerebellar fastigial nucleus; clinical experiment; fastigial nucleus electrical stimulation; insomnia therapy; neuroprotection; sleep therapeutic instrument; Circuits; DC generators; Electrical stimulation; Instruments; Intensity modulation; Keyboards; Medical treatment; Microcontrollers; Signal generators; Sleep;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Neural Interface and Control, 2005. Proceedings. 2005 First International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8902-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICNIC.2005.1499874
  • Filename
    1499874