How Does Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) work?

Craniofacial electrical stimulation (CES) uses a mobile-sized device, to stimulate cranium and brain with electric current, which consumers often cannot sense (flow intensity). electricity less than 4 milli A).

The FDA has recognized CES as a Class III device for the treatment of depression, anxiety and sleep disorders. And, no serious side effects have been reported. Now, we take a look at the experiment to find out how CES works.

1. NCBI experiments and data about CES

Participants

Eleven participants (male and female) are right-handed, healthy aged 18 - 65 recruited from the community.

CES device

The device is lpha-Promotion® 100 for testing, provided by manufacturer Electromedical Products, International (Mineral Wells, TX).

Process:

• CES test for sensory threshold before MRI
• Testing CES safety in MR environment
• Behavior measurement
• fMRI
• Statistical analysis

Conclude:

This study provides evidence that CES stimulation may result in cortical deactivation, as well as altering brain connectivity. This suggests that relatively small perturbations in brain oscillation patterns may cause significant changes in brain activity and within intrinsic connectivity networks. Findings from this study provide evidence of the mechanism of action of CES and can serve as a guide for testing in treatment trials in clinical populations. Optimizing CES parameters for effective treatment can then be developed based on how specific brain systems and pathways may modulate clinical states such as anxiety, pain, or insomnia.

Studies and clinical experience also suggest that CES has benefits for:

• Attentional hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder,
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
• Cognitive dysfunction,
• traumatic brain injury,
• pain,
• Enhance attention and focus, and
• reduce offensive behavior.

See details about the experiment here: Effects of cranial electrotherapy stimulation on resting state brain activity

2. CES device - Alpha-Stim

How does Alpha Stim work?

Alpha Stim creates a unique and patented waveform. Highly refined and rigorously tested waveforms in electrotherapy devices, using ultra-small currents (parts per million of an ampere), that is: Transmitting to the brain in a precise configuration through electrodes (treatment of anxiety, depression and insomnia)

Clinical evidence

Alpha Stim is supported by more than 90 completed independent studies Published reports use some of the most closely controlled clinical research methods.

Surveys of CES - Alpha-Stim electrotherapy device users show overwhelming evidence of the effectiveness of the Alpha-Stim device, shown below:

Explain for CES - Alpha Stim work

Problems like Pain, conditions like anxiety and depression and insomnia are all controlled by your body's central nervous system. Billions of individual cells including the nervous system convey all sensations by conducting electrochemical signals between cells in your body and brain.

Alpha-stimulating electrotherapy device - works by transmitting a unique, patented electrical waveform to regulate the signal of the cells to return to the ground state. So it makes the brain work normally, relieves pain, anxiety, depression or insomnia without taking medicine.

With Alpha Stim, many people experienced significant pain relief after one treatment. With continued use, the effectiveness of Alpha-stimulating electrotherapy devices may be even greater, increasing over time as cell function becomes more easily refined.

See: 

• All about CES - Alpha Stim device
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