Andrew Huberman· PhD
now recently at the last International stroke meeting last uh this past February uh it was presented and I don't I don't know if it's been published yet that those results hold up for for a uh up to a year
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now recently at the last International stroke meeting last uh this past February uh it was presented and I don't I don't know if it's been published yet that those results hold up for for a uh up to a year
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and it was shown in the study that compared with um non-stimulation in other words putting the stimulator on but not not stimulating and doing the therapy that patients did better it was a modest Improvement but felt to be uh meaningful
for stroke and as as I alluded to um vagal nerve stimulation coupled with physical therapy physical activity very intensive was the very first FDA approved treatment for chronic stroke patients that was approved in uh 2021 3 years ago
And we're now seeing, even years later, after people have been implanted, they're still making continual gains.
And what we're seeing now is although it's slower, they're continuing to make progress day on, day on by activating this network, and telling the brain, "This is really important."
because physical therapy is fundamentally kind of boring. Move your fingers, move your fingers, move your fingers. It's not really life or death. We're adding this boost so that the neurons don't give up on it.