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A noninvasive device that delivers weak electrical currents to the brain may help those with multiple sclerosis cut back on ...
The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), a region that regulates stress and emotion.
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