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The present paper argues that the development of a new methodology in studying the brain has resulted in a change of our views on the way it works, has seen the emergence of new ideas, and a considerable modification of traditionally accepted theories. The most significant are neuroplasticity, negative activity network (NAT), the nature of aphasic disorders, and the approach to the localization of brain functions. New brain imaging techniques have confirmed also the ability to change the neuronal circuits by mental force. Moreover, new techniques have brought about a rise in new methods for both the diagnosis and rehabilitation of individuals with various brain disorders. Most valuable in this respect has proved to be neurofeedback. We have concentrated on the most important contributions of Prof. Pąchalska in the implementation and development of these new ideas on brain functioning. We also emphasize the fact that her theoretical considerations are firmly based upon her extensive (forty years) work with brain damaged patients.
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Headaches are one of the most common disorders affected approximately 45% of the general population and have a considerable socioeconomic impact. It is known and described about two hundreds of different headaches. Most of them has rare occurrence and they are not life-threatening. Severe chronic headaches, where patients experience daily or almost-daily headache attacks, are highly disabling and have been estimated to affect approximately 1.4-2.2% of the population. Although effective treatments are available for most primary headaches, a proportion of chronic headache sufferers are poor responders or intolerant to pharmacological treatments. Neurostimulation techniques have increased our therapeutic options, providing additional methods for the treatment of patients with drug-resistant headache. Neurostimulation techniques for treating primary headaches range from invasive deep brain stimulation to less invasive peripheral nerves stimulation, and also noninvasive transcranial stimulation methods. Peripheral nerves stimulation (occipital or supraorbital) is one of noninvasive, safe options for primary headache treatment. In our study we used this method as a prophylaxes of migraine headaches. The trans-cutaneus nerve stimulation (supraorbital, or occipital nerves) were used for migraine prophylaxis. 32 patients with diagnosed migraine (ICHD-III) headaches were included to the study, 25 patients were treated with supraorbital nerve stimulation (10 times), 7 were treated with occipital nerves stimulation (10 times). After treatment we observed during 30 days observation period decrease of the number of pain attacks compared to pre-treatment period. The average intensity of pain and pain duration also decreased compared to pre-treatment period. The patients assessed pain relief at 50%.
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Bóle głowy są jedną z częściej występujących dolegliwości, mogą dotyczyć blisko 45% populacji i mają istotny wpływ społeczno-ekonomiczny. Znanych i opisanych jest około dwieście różnych zespołów bólowych głowy. Większość z nich występuje rzadko i nie stanowi zagrożenia życia. Ocenia się, że silne bóle głowy, kiedy pacjent codziennie, lub prawie codziennie odczuwa ból głowy ograniczający jego sprawność mogą dotyczyć około 1,4-2,2% populacji. Chociaż skuteczne leczenie jest możliwe w przypadku pierwotnych bólów głowy, to jednak pewna część pacjentów nie odpowiada, lub nie toleruje zaproponowanego leczenia farmakologicznego. Techniki neurostymulacyjne zwiększają możliwości terapeutyczne stając się dodatkową metodą leczenia u pacjentów opornych na leczenie farmakologiczne. Techniki neurostymulacyjne wykorzystywane w leczeniu pierwotnych bólów głowy obejmują różne metody: od głębokiej stymulacji mózgu poprzez stymulację nerwów obwodowych aż do metod nieinwazyjnych stymulacji przezczaszkowej. Stymulacja nerwów obwodowych (nerwów potylicznych, nadoczodołowych) jest jedną z nieinwazyjnych, bezpiecznych metod leczenia pierwotnych bólów głowy. W prezentowanym badaniu zastosowano tą metodę, jako metodę profilaktyczną w leczeniu migrenowego bólu głowy. Przezskórna elektrostymulacja nerwów nadoczodołowych, lub potylicznych została zastosowana u pacjentów z migrenowym bólem głowy. Do badania włączono 32 pacjentów ze zdiagnozowanym migrenowym bólem głowy (ICHD-III), u 25 pacjentów wykonywano stymulacje nerwów nadoczodołowych (10 zabiegów), u 7 pacjentów wykonywano stymulację nerwów potylicznych (10 zabiegów). Po zastosowanym leczeniu w ciągu 30 dni prowadzonej obserwacji zostało odnotowane zmniejszenie liczby napadów bólu w porównaniu z okresem przed leczeniem. Średnie natężenie bólu i czas trwania poszczególnych napadów także zmniejszyły się w porównaniu z okresem przed zabiegiem. Pacjenci ocenili ulgę w dolegliwościach na 50%.
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Introduction. Neurostimulation and neuromodulation are techniques that may be able to affect the course of epilepsy. In the last 20 years, since the approval of VNS, we have observed a surge of studies assessing the potential of other devices and techniques for the treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsies including deep brain stimulation (DBS), responsive neurostimulation (RNS), trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Are these devices and techniques simply another treatment option that can be offered to patients with epilepsy or do they offer specific advantages when compared to the standard antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)? Aim. The aim of this review is to present the neurostimulation and neuromodulation devices and techniques that are now in use, or at least available for testing and to discuss the science behind them, their applications, efficacy, potential risks vs. benefits and, above all, how to navigate the choices so clinicians are able to provide their patients with the best possible option for the treatment of epilepsy. Material and methods. We analyzed PubMed and MEDLINE databases to select the most salient and recent (up to November 2014) publications on each treatment device. In addition to these searches bibliographies of selected articles were hand-searched for possible sources. Discussion and conclusions. Great progress in neurostimulation and neuromodulation has been made over the last two decades with 2 devices (VNS, RNS) approved for the treatment of epilepsy in the US and three (DBS in addition to VNS and RNS) in Europe. The future of neuromodulation/neurostimulation is exciting – various studies and efforts are underway and will provide us with more data in the future. There appears to be one clear advantage of these treatments/devices over the AEDs that is consistently noted – routinely observed is continuous improvement in seizure control over time. This is something that the AEDs have thus far failed to deliver.
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