| abstract |
The present invention relates to a stimulation device comprising a body containing at least one stimulation means and adapted to be transcutaneously attached to the neck of a subject where said stimulation means is adapted to generate a stimulating signal during a stimulating state. Said stimulation means is positioned to be in stimulating contact with the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the trunks of the lesser occipital nerve, greater auricular nerve, transverse cervical nerve or supraclavicular nerve with their autonomic fibers synchronously. The stimulation can be provided in the form an electrical, optical, vibrational, thermal, mechanical and/or magnetic stimulation. The stimulation device can be used bilaterally on the right and left sides of the subject's neck, working as a unit in a synchronous or alternating manner. |