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This story is from the category The Brain
Date posted: 05/02/2005 People who lose vision after stroke can have their brain rewired to see again. Called vision restoration therapy, the treatment involves identifying and stimulating regions in the visual field that are only partly damaged. A computer-based device presents the visual stimulation on a monitor to areas of residual vision. Using the device for about 30 minutes twice a day induces neuroplasticity in which nerve activity related to vision is strengthened. "This is the first technique stroke patients can use to improve their vision," says researcher Bernhard Sabel of Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. "Patients with visual field defects can now have reasonable hope that the blindness is changeable. See the full Story via external site: www.betterhumans.com Most recent stories in this category (The Brain): 25/05/2013: Scientists develop worm EEG to test the effects of drugs |
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