Illustration: Danesh Ashouri
Today is the kick-off for a two-year research project in which BrainLinks-BrainTools board member Prof. Dr. Thomas Stieglitz is involved alongside researchers from Freiburg University Medical Center. The Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding the project "Magnetically Induced NeuroInhibition" (MINI) with €749,000. An interdisciplinary team is researching ways of blocking nerve conduction using high-frequency magnetic stimulation and thus eliminating pain sensations. The method would be a non-invasive and therefore low-risk alternative to injecting local anesthetics and could change anesthesiology in the long term.
The original press release and further information can be found under the following links:
https://www.badische-zeitung.de/den-schmerz-kuenftig-einfach-auf-knopfdruck-abschalten