Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS)

Supporting the brain’s electrical processes: The future of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders

Brain stimulation procedures, in particular non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods, are increasingly heralding a change in the treatment of neurophysiological diseases according to the scientific world. These forms of treatment, known as NIBS for short, start where pharmacology is already biologically unable to intervene: The communication of nerve cells via electrical processes.

The Human Brain consists of many billions of nerve cells. Each of these nerve cells has up to 10,000 synapses that connect them with other cells. The communication of information within this network, which therefore has around 100 trillion transmission points (synapses), takes place purely via electrical impulses.

This is where the various brain stimulation methods, which are already well researched, come in: Depending on the therapeutic approach, neurons and their networks can be influenced electrically or magnetically. Added to this are the increasingly researched, far-reaching physical interactions, such as neurostimulation and neurogenesis, which the shock waves of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation can trigger in the brain.

Although brain stimulation procedures have been revolutionizing the field of neuroscience for some time now, they are still nowhere near as well known in practice and among the general public as the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases with drugs.

This will change dramatically in the coming years. Research is progressing rapidly and the underlying mechanisms and effectiveness of the various brain stimulation methods are being intensively and increasingly better researched. More and more new findings and corresponding study results show that diseases such as Alzheimer’s dementia, other forms of dementia, Parkinson’s, post-stroke conditions, depression and many other diseases that originate in the brain can be treated efficiently and in a targeted manner using physical-technical NIBS methods.