An extension of BrainMaster’s patented StimFlash™ technology, the new MicroTesla subthreshold stimulators provide a new dimension to neurofeedback. Used as an alternative to photic or auditory stimulation, MicroTesla devices provide extremely low levels of magnetic fields useful for neurofeedback and self-regulation. Stimulation can be EEG controlled using precise timing and protocols, or using simple multi-frequency stimulation.
The full range of frequencies from very low (<.01 Hz) to very high (4,000 Hz) can be applied, using the photic or auditory control outputs of the Atlantis devices. Magnetic field strengths are very low, less than that of the Earth’s magnetic field standing on the surface. While far less than the field strengths used in clinical rTMS equipment, these can produce tiny subthreshold shifts in postsynaptic potentials, in the area beneath the stimulator.
When used with precise EEG controlled protocols, information is provided that can alter brain function in subtle and useful ways. Tiny magnetic fields have the potential to affect subthreshold transmembrane potentials, producing minute but useful changes in brain activation. Undesirable frequencies can be affected by selectively stimulating using a protocol to reduce their occurrence.
The MicroTesla devices can be driven by the Atlantis Photic or Auditory stimulation outputs, and will operate with all existing BrainMaster AVS software. This includes the built-in immersive stimulation capability, as well as PC-controlled protocols such as peak frequency, variable frequency, and BrainMaster’s patented brainwave pattern reduction protocol (US6931275), and repetitive stimulation steady-state evoked potential method (US7269456). When used with the Atlantis Photic output, it can operate in a pulsed mode with a rate ranging from one pulse/minute, to 300 pulses/second. The auditory output can be modulated using a sine wave pattern, with a rate from 20 Hz to 4,000 Hz.
Because the MicroTesla is 10,000,000 times weaker than traditional rTMS devices, it does not generate action potentials. Its effects are all subthreshold, and consist of information, not direct control of neuronal activity. Because the intensity is so low, it can operate at faster frequencies, and does not generate any heat or other tissue-related changes. The magnetic field is on the same order as that from a pair of earbuds, which people wear every day. The difference with the MicroTesla is that the control and timing of the frequencies is optimized for relaxation and self-regulation training. What’s included: 4 coil pods, cabling, splitter, MicroTesla Stim license, manual.