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Monday, June 29, 2015

“…there also may be secondary benefits Joyce and you are also accruing…”

From: Herbert Stein [mailto:fabrik@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 12:32 PM
Subject: Hacking the nervous system

To Joyce’s fellow VNS depression patients et al,

I truly hope this note finds you all doing well.

As you well know I have advocated fervently trying to help all those who have benefited and wish to continue with this depression therapy obtain health insurance coverage while also continuing my reading, research, collaborating and advocacy/activism.  I am aware VNS Therapy is still being studied for other medical illnesses as well.  Just today a very dear and long, long, long-time friend Murray shared with me an article that I’d also like to share with you.

While you may be benefiting for purposes of depression there also may be secondary benefits Joyce and you are also accruing unbeknownst to you.  Please take a moment to read the below listed link:

Hacking the nervous system

As always, I wish you all wellness and all the good you’d wish for yourselves.

Sincerely,

Herb

Joyce and Herbert Stein

1008 Trailmore Lane

Weston, FL 33326-2816

(954) 349-8733

vnsdepression@gmail.com

http://www.vnstherapy-herb.blogspot.com

http://www.vnstherapy.wordpress.com

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Successful removal and reimplant of vagal nerve stimulator device after 10 years.

Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2012 Apr;15(2):128-9.

Successful removal and reimplant of vagal nerve stimulator device after 10 years.

Source

Department of Neurosurgery, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

Abstract

The number of implanted vagal nerve stimulators is growing and the need for removal or revision of the devices will become even more frequent. A significant concern about Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) therapy is the presence of the spiral stimulating electrodes, wrapped around the nerve, once treatment is considered ineffective or is no longer desired. Our purpose is to demonstrate the feasibility of complete removal and replacement of the vagal nerve stimulator electrodes using microsurgical technique even after a long period, without damaging the nerve. We attempted removal and replacement of spiral stimulating electrodes from a patient who received a 10-year long VNS therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy. Our results indicate that the spiral electrodes may be safely removed from the vagus nerve, even after several years. The reversibility of lead implantation may enhance the attractiveness of VNS therapy. Furthermore, with a correct microsurgical technique, it is possible to respect the normal anatomy and functionality of vagal nerve and to reimplant a new VNS system with all its components, maintaining the same therapeutic efficacy after many years.
PMID: 22566727 [PubMed - in process]
 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22566727

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

A scientist's dilemma: Follow my hypothesis or my findings?

Behav Brain Res. 2012 Feb 28. [Epub ahead of print]

A scientist's dilemma: Follow my hypothesis or my findings?

Source

Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, United States.

Abstract

Over the course of my 50 years of brain-behavioral research, choicepoints presented themselves as to either follow my original hypothesis or follow my puzzling empirical findings. I trusted the latter more than the former because I believe it is where reality is to be found. Phil Teitelbaum's teachings had a major influence on those decisions. In the present essay, I describe the evolution of those choicepoints that led me from studies of hormone-brain-behavior interactions to a rhythmical brain-behavior connection, to sexual behavior, pain blockage, human brain-behavior interactions, and human brain imaging. Along this tortuous course, I learned that vaginal stimulation can block pain, the vagus nerve apparently can convey genital sensory activity to the brain, bypassing spinal cord injury, and all major brain systems evidently contribute to women's orgasm. An important message I learned is: pay attention to what you observe in your experiments, and have the courage to follow it up, particularly if what you observe is not what you were looking for…because it, rather than your hypothesis, is more likely to reveal reality.
Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier B.V.
PMID:
22394541
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22394541