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Neural stimulation has been shown to be effective for reducing the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. It is also useful for alleviating some types of chronic pain. Research is currently underway to determine its efficacy in addressing a variety of other neurological conditions. Per the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the brain is the most intricate part of the human body. It is the center of intelligence, interpreter of the senses, initiator of body movement, and controller of behavior. Lying in its bony shell and washed by protective fluid, the brain is the source of all the qualities that define our humanity. The human brain is suspended in a protective bath of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) which flows among the convoluted bulges and grooves of the brain. The CSF fluid protects the brain from injury from abrupt movement or impacts. The exterior coating of the upper portion of the brain is mainly grey substance that is comprised of the neural soma (bodies) and unmyelinated (uninsulated) neural axons. The human brain has around 100 billion neurons and is frequently approximately 2% of total body weight. It is divided into two halves referred to as hemispheres. The exterior layer of the brain is the cerebral cortex. The cortex is like a great flat sheet of tissue that has been compressed into a wrinkled mass that can place into the human skull. The folds of the cortex are termed gyri and the grooves are referred to as sulci. The structure of the brain is such that is would fall apart if not properly supported. Its structural integrity is maintained by its envelopment and protection in a bath of CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) within the skull. Will implantable connectivity devices be created and used on a wide scale? In some respects, we have already begun going down the path toward ICCDs with implantable health-related devices, such as pacemakers, with wireless conversation capability and web connectivity. As the evolution of these health-related hardware converges with technological developments in wireless network tools such as cell phones, ICCDs will be formed. Traditional means of human-computer interaction constructed on keyboard, mouse, and voice input will increasingly be observed as bottlenecks in the flow of human-computer interaction and there will be increasing movement closer to the "broad-band" cyber-physiologic interaction made possible by ICCDs with direct neural-computer connections. Click on images to learn more about biotechnology/neurotechnology T-shirts: Questions and suggestions concerning the site NeuralStim.com may be sent to: NeuralStim.com © 2006 by NeuralStim.com