http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/14/neuromodulator-intelect-medical-raises-7m-for-brain-disorders/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/14/neuromodulator-intelect-medical-raises-7m-for-brain-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-449122 VentureBeat » Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:49:21 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/14/neuromodulator-intelect-medical-raises-7m-for-brain-disorders/#comment-449122 [...] I’ve written earlier about EnteroMedics, another company hoping to treat obesity using an implant that interferes with signals transmitted along the vagus nerve — you can read our previous coverage here. In general, the whole field of “neuromodulation” is heating up quite a bit these days, with companies hoping to use timed electrical pulses to the nervous system for treating everything from epilepsy to sleep apnea to hypertension — although it’s worth bearing in mind that almost all of these approaches are so far unproven. See our previous coverage of other companies in this space here, here, here, here, and here. [...] [...] I’ve written earlier about EnteroMedics, another company hoping to treat obesity using an implant that interferes with signals transmitted along the vagus nerve — you can read our previous coverage here. In general, the whole field of “neuromodulation” is heating up quite a bit these days, with companies hoping to use timed electrical pulses to the nervous system for treating everything from epilepsy to sleep apnea to hypertension — although it’s worth bearing in mind that almost all of these approaches are so far unproven. See our previous coverage of other companies in this space here, here, here, here, and here. [...]

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