Monash University‘s Shapour Jaberzadeh has been researching the use of transcranial pulsed current stimulation for years. His new study describes the importance of pulse duration in creating brain excitability enhancement. He found that the shorter the interval between pulses, the larger the excitability effect in the brain.
Dr Jaberzadeh believes that longer pulses could help recipients learn new tasks faster and improve repetitive task training for stroke patients. This might also, in the future, impact treatments for other neurological disorders, mental illness, and chronic pain.