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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Giulio Tononi, Verona, WI (US);
Inventor:
Giulio Tononi, Verona, WI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Brain stimulation is used to promote or induce slow-wave activity thought to be associated with the restorative properties of sleep. In a preferred embodiment, transcranial magnetic stimulation is used to provide neural stimulation at a frequency approximating natural slow-wave activity.