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[ceridwen]

Interestingly I find monglian throat singing brings more relief than anything else.
Mongolian throat singing. Do you think there may be ultrasound in the harmonies

[YOLF]

Anybody have access to this paper?

http://stm.sciencema...t/7/278/278ra33

 

Would love to know more about the details. I didn't see the use any kind of drug as the previous studies, just shaking up the plaques and opening up the BBB with ultrasound. That's in line with the cognitive improvements I experience when I sonicate my scalp with a face cleaner and use it to treat breadaches before I realized I was a celiac.

 

Here's the news article:

http://www.scienceal...campaign=buffer

[proileri]

Has the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation been mentioned yet? IIRC directly stimulating brain areas with magnetic field has been somewhat effective with depression in trials, haven't followed the topic lately so don't know the latest though. I'm wondering if TMS and ultrasonic stimulation share some mechanism - general stimulation of blood flow, metabolism or something.  

 

 

Interestingly I find monglian throat singing brings more relief than anything else.
Mongolian throat singing. Do you think there may be ultrasound in the harmonies

 

 

It was mentioned somewhere that meditative 'omm' or 'onn' vocalization happens to resonate with frequencies that induce relaxing alpha brainwaves. I think it's somewhat similar to throat singing.  

Edited by proileri, 04 January 2016 - 01:58 PM.

[YOLF]

Hmmm... I was just getting hopeful about TMS, but apparently it can be less than comfortable and even painful and there are higher risks at higher frequencies according to wiki:

 

Matching the discomfort of TMS to distinguish true effects from placebo is an important and challenging issue that influences the results of clinical trials.^{[6][8][9][10]} The greatest risks of TMS are the rare occurrence of syncope (fainting) and even less commonly, induced seizures.^[8] Other adverse effects of TMS include discomfort or pain, transient induction of hypomania, transient cognitive changes, transient hearing loss, transient impairment of working memory, and induced currents in electrical circuits in implanted devices.^[8]

 

This might be more trouble than it's worth, unless you're in desperate straights, you may do more damage than good.