Development of sleep therapeutic instrument based on the mechanism of neuroprotection

Abstract

This article puts forward a new therapy for insomnia, which grounds on the mechanism that after fastigial nucleus electrical stimulation (FNS) in the brain there exists neuroprotection function, and discusses the physiological principle of the therapy. The hardware makeup of the ES sleep therapeutic instrument developed on the above law is explained. Using this instrument, clinical experiment is done and the treatment result is attained, that 80.5% of the insomnia sufferers get rid of the habit of taking the hypnotic before sleep after a period of treatment and the insomnia symptom of a few of the chronic insomniacs is improved markedly after 3-4 periods of successive treatment. The experiment result indicates that the therapy based on the neuroprotection law is effective for insomnia.