The NeuroTrek
Digital Pro - The Ultimate in CES, TENS and Output Generation
List of Improvements as of August 2003:
After listening to our customers needs over a 4 year period, the following
features were incorporated, thank you for your input, keep it coming!
· Improved Battery Life - Over 1000% increase! Unit will
stay on over two days continuously
· Newly Designed Keypad - Glows in the dark for Night Time
usage and keys are now Rim Embossed for better feel
· More than Juicy - Output current is more than 3000uA's
(MicroAmps) as opposed to 1500uA's - now entrainment is almost instantaneous
· Frequency Accuracy Has Been Improved
· Improved appearance for clinical usage
How does CES work??
The NeuroTrek Digital Pro have the proven ability to alter brain wave
patterns through electronic stimulation. This stimulation is delivered
through two small earclips attached to the ear lobes. The micro-current
stimulation quickly and gently coaxes the brain into the desired state
....without effort. In as little as 15 minutes, you can bring yourself
down from a rough day, get ready for a big study session or even prepare
for a great night's sleep!
NeuroTrek
Digital Pro CES - Not just for pain relief and relaxation!!!
The NeuroTrek Digital will provide the user with a host
of results INCLUDING:
· Hypnotherapists - Patients achieve deeper relaxed
state quicker.
· Students - Stay awake, accelerated learning, improved
focus. Improve analytical/logical thinking
· Executives - Mental clarity, sharpness!
· Athletes - Improve hand/eye coordination, local pain
relief.
· Housewives - Energize yourself, de-stress yourself.
· Physical Therapy Patients - Localized pain relief,
up to 3 hours!
Accelerated healing from optimization of cellular metabolism.
Can relief headaches as well.
· Meditation - Meditators achieve deeper states of consciousness.
· Artists - Increased creativity, planning, dreaming
and introspection.
· Shift Workers - Go to sleep when you need to, get
up and get charged
when you have to!
· Clinician - Most RIFE Frequencies are included, depression
and anxiety
· Massage Therapists - Enhance your client's experience
with a deep
mental massage.
· Geriatric Benefits - Improved memory function, alleviate
depression,
joint pain relief, memory stimulation, enhanced vigor.
· Smokers - Cut down and quit with enhanced endorphin
production.
**NOTE:This unit is for researchers and educated consumers
only. The unit and literature have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug
Administration in the US. This product is not intended to cure or treat
any disease. Government health departments and medical associations state
that you must consult a medical doctor for treatment of all diseases. Individual
results may vary.**
All
of the known human brain states can be specifically selected with
this one-of-a-kind OutPut Tool.
Check the Competition…you
won't find anything like this!!! A completely natural way to stimulate
the brain, the body and yourself.
This proven technology
has finally been unleashed on the public at large.
Experience
what thousands have found to be one of the most unique and timely
products on the market today.
What is CES
Introduction and Overview
Early in the 20th century, there was a discovery that minute electrical
pulses, one milliampere (mA) or less, directly applied to the head, could
affect human perception and the brain. [1]. Pulses were used to promote
relaxation and sleep. This line of research was further developed and refined
by the Soviets beginning in 1949, treating sleep disorders, and later moved
into using pulses to relieve some psychological and emotional conditions
like depression and anxiety.
With the development of sensory technology, it was discovered that brain
and nervous system function involved sweeping electrical waveforms and oscillating
processes, which reflected the dynamics occurring within the net of various
types of cells. The discovery of these brain frequencies and the use of
the EEG meant that neural technologies meant to control or affect the brain
would advance quickly. Not all technological developments were, of course,
preferable. Like any technology, neural technologies were subject to abuse.
Electroshock devices are examples of much higher-power applications which
are considered by many to be abusive. However, the search for "beneficial"
uses for these technologies began to produce a host of devices in the last
two decades of the 20th century that placed electrodes in a number of areas
on the head, most often on the ear lobes or behind the ears. Devices are
used in the medical profession on a limited basis, but are more prevalent
in the private sector where much experimental research continues. No major
contraindications or negative effects have been noted with CES technology,
and its use has not proven to be habit-forming but self-limiting.
Research on the chemicals produced in the brain paralleled the research
in biophysical effect of electrical pulses, and it was discovered that electro-technology
caused production or reduction of certain neurochemicals in the brain. For
example, levels of norepinephrine and dopamine, reflecting relaxed mental
and emotional states, can increase using CES technology, and biochemical
compounds related to emotional stress can be seen to decrease. Later in
the 20th century, it was even discovered that electrical pulses of certain
frequencies could even ease the withdrawal from addiction to opiates and
other substances.
Bibliography
Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation as a Treatment for Anxiety in Chemically
Dependent Persons, Richard Schmitt, PhD, Thomas Capo, BS, Elvin Boyd,
MD, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, 158-160,
1986.
Cranial Electrical Stimulation - CES Reduces Anxiety and Depression,
Focus on Alcohol and Drug Issues, Vol. 6, No.1, 1983.
Low Intensity Transcranial Electrostimulation Improves Human Learning
of a Psychomotor Task, Richard E. Madden, Ph.D., M.S.W.; & Daniel
L. Kirsch, Ph.D., American Journal of Electromedicine, 1987.
The Use of Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation in Post-Traumatic Amnesia:
A Report of Two Cases, Allen Childs, M.D., M. Lynn Crismon, Pharm.D.,
Brain Injury, Vol. 2, No. 3, 243-247, 1988.
Confirming Evidence of an Effective Treatment for Brain Dysfunction in
Alcoholic Patients, Ray B. Smith, Ph.D., M.P.A, Journal of Nervous &
Mental Disease, Vol. 170, No. 5, 275-277, 1982.
Depression: A Diagnostic, Neurochemical Profile & Therapy with Cranial
Electrical Stimulation (CES), C. Norman Shealy, Roger Cady, Robert Wilkie,
Richard Cox, Saul Liss, William Clossen, The Journal of Neurological &
Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, Vo. 10, No. 4, 319-321, 1989.
Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation Treatment of Cognitive Brain Dysfunction
in Chemical Dependence, Richard Schmitt, Ph.D., Thomas Capo, Hal Frazier,
M.D., Darrell Boren, J Clin Psychiatry, Vol 45: 60-63, 1984.
New Treatments Offer Hope for Agitated Brain Syndrome, Allen Childs,
M.D., The Psychiatric Times, Medicine & Behavior, September 1988.
Electrosleep in the Management of Alcoholism, Ray B. Smith, Lois O'Neill,
Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 10, No. 6, 675-679, 1975.
Effects of Transcerebral Electrotherapy (Electrosleep) on State Anxiety
According to Suggestibility Levels, Joseph J. Ryan, Gary T. Souheaver, Biological
Psychiatry, Vol. 11, No. 2, 233-237, 1976.
Electrosleep (Electrical Transcranial Stimulation) in the Treatment of
Anxiety, Depression and Sleep Disturbance in Chronic Alcoholics, Richard
E. McKenzie, Raymond M. Costello, J. Altered States of Consciousness, Vol.
2 (2), 185-195, 1975-76.
Changes in Urinary Free Catecholamines and 17-Ketosteroids with Cerebral
Electrotherapy (Electrosleep), David F. Briones, M.D., Saul H. Rosenthal,
M.D., University of Texas Medical School at San Antonia, Texas, 57-58, 1973.
Intracerebral Current Levels in Man During Electrosleep Therapy,
A. M. Dymond, R. W. Coger, E.A. Serafetinides, Biological Psychiatry, Vol.
10, No. 1, 101-104, 1975.
Treatment of Methadone Withdrawal with Cerebral Electrotherapy (Electrosleep),
Evaristo Gomez, Adib R. Mikhail, Brit J. Psychiat., Vol. 134, 111-113, 1978.
Electrosleep, A Preliminary Communication, Saul H. Rosenthal, M.D.,
Norman L. Wulfsohn, M.D., The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol.
151, No. 2, 146-151, 1970.
Electrosleep: Personal Subjective Experiences, Saul H. Rosenthal,
Lynn F. Calvert, Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 4, No. 2, 187-190, 1972.
The Effects of Cerebral Electrotherapy on Short-Term Memory Impairment
in Alcoholic Patients, Ray B. Smith, Eleanor Day, The International
Journal of the Addictions, Vol 12 (4). 575-582, 1977.
The Effects of Electrosleep on Insomnia Revisited, Rosalind Dymond
Cartwright, Ph.D., Marc F. Weiss, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease,
Vol. 161, No. 2, 134-137, 1975.
The Treatment of Insomnia Through the Use of Electrosleep: An EEG Study,
Marc F. Weiss, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 157, No.
2, 108-120, 1973.
Studies of Electrosleep with Active and Simulated Treatment, Saul
H. Rosenthal, M.D., Norman L. Wulfsohn, M.D., Current Therapeutic Research,
Vol. 12, No. 3, 126-130, 1970.
Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES): A Very Safe and Effective Non-Pharmocological
Treatment for Anxiety: A Review of the Literature by Lawrence Paros,
and Daniel L. Kirsch, 1997
The following is a summary of capabilities
offered by the NeuroTrek
Digital Pro:
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Sync capabilities to ANY light sound device -
automatically detects
polarity and adjusts for CG or CP.
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Full range of Brain States from .2 Hz to 60 Hz
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Duty cycle adjustment from 5% to 50% for maximum
Endorphin
release.
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Nice looking LCD display with timed backlight
to conserve battery
life.
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2 Channels with independent thumbwheel controls
which outputs 0 to
over 3000uA.
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Digital off timer adjustable in 1-minute increments
up to 120
minutes.
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Elapsed time counter, which shows the total time
the unit, has been
on per session. Counts up to 999.9 minutes.
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Runs on a standard 9-volt battery, which will
last more than 2 days
continuously.
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Modulation Frequency control from 80 Hz to 999
Hz, this includes all
the frequencies of the Chakras. Modulation can be turned off as well.
Specifications
- Modulation Frequency - 80 Hz - 999.9 Hz Adjustable in .1 Hz increments.
Accuracy is .001 Hz
- Brain States - All known brain states from Gamma to Delta. Frequencies
range is .2 Hz to 60 Hz in .1 Hz increments. Accuracy is .001 Hz
- Duty Cycle - 5% to 50% in 1% increments. Accuracy is .001%
- Timers - 2 Timers, one for count down which is adjustable to
120 minutes in 1 minute increments and the other is an elapsed time showing
the time the unit has been on.
- Output Signal - Two Channels, Continuously variable from 0 to
over 3000uA.
Biphasic multi-modulated square wave.
- Sync Input - .7 to 12 volts @ 1000 ohms impedance, Stereo 3.5
mm, Polarity is Auto-Sensing - accepts CG or CP inputs.
- DC Power - Any standard 9-volt battery. Continuous usage is rated
at more than 48 hours (one output only @ maximum intensity) on a single
battery depending on battery type.
- Display - LCD, 16 characters x 2 lines Backlit upon keypress
and turn-on.
What You Get With Each Purchase
1) Gold Plated Ear Clips
(1 pr.).
2) Electrode Wires (2)
3) Sheet of Body Electrodes. (5)
4) Replacement Felt Pads. (6)
5) 10 ml. Tube of Tac-Gel
6) 9 volt battery
7) Instruction Manual.
8)Full 5 year Manufacturer's warranty.
Brain Wave Descriptions
What are the functions of the various brainwaves?
It is well known that the brain is an electrochemical organ;
researchers have speculated that a fully functioning brain can generate
as much as 10 watts of electrical power. Other more conservative investigators
calculate that if all 10 billion interconnected nerve cells discharged
at one time that a single electrode placed on the human scalp would record
something like five millionths to 50 millionths of a volt. If you had
enough scalps hooked up you might be able to light a flashlight bulb.
Even though this electrical power is very limited, it does
occur in very specific ways that are characteristic of the human brain.
Electrical activity emanating from the brain is displayed in the form
of brainwaves. There are five categories of these brainwaves, ranging
from the most activity to the least activity. The highest level (high
frequency 30 Hz to 50 Hz, low amplitutde) is the gamma level, this
level is characterized by an increased level of hand/eye coordination,
the ultimate mental focus and increased motivation. When the brain is
aroused and actively engaged in normal mental activities, it generates
beta waves. These beta waves are of relatively low amplitude, and
are the fastest of the five different brainwaves. The frequency of beta
waves ranges from 15 to 40 cycles a second. Beta waves are characteristics
of a strongly engaged mind. A person in active conversation would be in
beta. A debater would be in high beta. A person making a speech, or a
teacher, or a talk show host would all be in beta when they are engaged
in their work.
The next brainwave category in order of frequency is
alpha. Where beta represented arousal, alpha represents non-arousal.
Alpha brainwaves are slower, and higher in amplitude. Their frequency
ranges from 9 to 14 cycles per second. A person who has completed a task
and sits down to rest is often in an alpha state. A person who takes time
out to reflect or meditate is usually in an alpha state. A person who
takes a break from a conference and walks in the garden is often in an
alpha state.
The next state, theta brainwaves, are typically of
even greater amplitude and slower frequency. This frequency range is normally
between 5 and 8 cycles a second. A person who has taken time off from
a task and begins to daydream is often in a theta brainwave state. A person
who is driving on a freeway, and discovers that they can't recall the
last five miles, is often in a theta state--induced by the process of
freeway driving. The repetitious nature of that form of driving compared
to a country road would differentiate a theta state and a beta state in
order to perform the driving task safely.
Individuals who do a lot of freeway driving often get good
ideas during those periods when they are in theta. Individuals who run
outdoors often are in the state of mental relaxation that is slower than
alpha and when in theta, they are prone to a flow of ideas. This can also
occur in the shower or tub or even while shaving or brushing your hair.
It is a state where tasks become so automatic that you can mentally disengage
from them. The ideation that can take place during the theta state is
often free flow and occurs without censorship or guilt. It is typically
a very positive mental state.
The final brainwave state is delta. Here the brainwaves
are of the greatest amplitude and slowest frequency. They typically center
around a range of 1.5 to 4 cycles per second. They never go down to zero
because that would mean that you were brain dead. But, deep dreamless
sleep would take you down to the lowest frequency. Typically, 2 to 3 cycles
a second.
When we go to bed and read for a few minutes before attempting
sleep, we are likely to be in low beta. When we put the book down, turn
off the lights and close our eyes, our brainwaves will descend from beta,
to alpha, to theta and finally, when we fall asleep, to delta. It is a
well known fact that humans dream in 90 minute cycles. When the delta
brainwave frequencies increase into the frequency of theta brainwaves,
active dreaming takes place and often becomes more experiential to the
person. Typically, when this occurs there is rapid eye movement, which
is characteristic of active dreaming. This is called REM, and is a well
known phenomenon.
When an individual awakes from a deep sleep in preparation
for getting up, their brainwave frequencies will increase through the
different specific stages of brainwave activity. That is, they will increase
from delta to theta and then to alpha and finally, when the alarm goes
off, into beta. If that individual hits the snooze alarm button they will
drop in frequency to a non-aroused state, or even into theta, or sometimes
fall back to sleep in delta. During this awakening cycle it is possible
for individuals to stay in the theta state for an extended period of say,
five to 15 minutes--which would allow them to have a free flow of ideas
about yesterday's events or to contemplate the activities of the forthcoming
day. This time can be an extremely productive and can be a period of very
meaningful and creative mental activity.
In summary, there are five brainwave states that range
from the high amplitude, low frequency delta to the low amplitude, high
frequency gamma. These brainwave states range from deep dreamless sleep
to highly focused and motivated. The same five brainwave states are
common to the human species. Men, women and children of all ages experience
the same characteristic brainwaves. They are consistent across cultures
and country boundaries. Research has shown that although one brainwave
state may predominate at any given time, depending on the activity level
of the individual, the remaining three brain states are present in the
mix of brainwaves at all times. In other words, while somebody is
an aroused state and exhibiting a beta brainwave pattern, there also exists
in that person's brain a component of alpha, theta and delta, even though
these may be present only at the trace level. It has been our personal
experience that knowledge of brainwave states enhances a person's ability
to make use of the specialized characteristics of those states: these
include being mentally productive across a wide range of activities, such
as being intensely focused, relaxed, creative and to induce restful sleep.
Effectively,
CES offers a host of benefits. All of these benefits are centered around
your brain, which is in control of the rest of your body.
Use it twice a day,
everyday for your overall well-being and neural pathway formation. Use
it anytime for the frame of mind YOU want to be in!!
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