The front page of the Ottawa Citizen (Nov. 21, 2023) features the important work of the CanStim group in an extensive feature on the potential of non-invasive brain stimulation to promote recovery from stroke. The story, by staff writer Elizabeth Payne, features a patient involved in a clinical trial at Elisabeth Bruyere Hospital in Ottawa, and CanStim leader Dr. Jodi Edwards of the Brain and Heart Nexus Research Program at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Dr. Edwards explains how new treatments for stroke recovery are needed now more than ever, and non-invasive stimulation appears to hold promise by better preparing the brain for rehabilitation therapy. The next step is a larger Phase 2 clinical trial.
Read the full story here: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/can-non-invasive-brain-stimulation-improve-stroke-recovery-ottawa-researchers-think-so