Cortical Stimulation (CS) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

This morning I analyzed an article with Dr. Adkins about CSI and TBI. Throughout our 30 minute discussion, I learned that TBI and stroke rehabs are different. Stroke rehab requires different procedures than TBI because they are two different traumatic events. Also, we talked about the effects and differences between anodal, cathodal, bipolar, and no stimulations. We had to disregard bipolar because there weren't enough subject to put a treatment on. On the other hand I learned that the anodal was the negative current of electrodes and cathodal was the positive current of electrodes. We found that the graphs showed that if you put no stimulation, the results were better. Also, the cathodal and anodal had effects, but they were more severe than helpful in the end. Thus, I was able to expand my understanding about the brain's reactions to events and a little more about it's neural plasticity.