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The devices are also simple, cheap to make and relatively safe, helping drive a burgeoning DIY movement. Machines as inexpensive as $250, not to mention make-your-own kits and schematic diagrams, are readily available over the Internet.
“It’s a nine-volt battery with two electrodes; a kid can do it,” noted Shirley Fecteau, Canada research chair in neuroplasticity at Quebec City’s Laval University. “I believe this is a major problem in our field.”