Electrical Stimulation Puns

I think this is critical and honestly, it would be worth reading the entirety of the research article as it's all very illuminating, but I'm going to try to provide and highlight the most relevant sections as it contains what I see as several "smoking guns" both for my specific case and anyone similarly afflicted.

It says point blank what activation or stimulation of the cholinergic neurons of the brainstem does. They project directly to the thalamic reticular nucleus, the thalamus' pacemaker core, and hyperpolarize GABAergic interneurons there. This reduces the amount of firing from GABAergic interneurons.

Someone may ask "But isn't that bad? Don't we want GABAergic interneurons of the thalamic reticular nucleus to fire more?" No. It's counterintuitive, but that is not the case. GABAergic interneurons of the thalamic reticular nucleus are (as you can ascertain from being GABAergic and being interneurons) are inhibitory. But they are, when not constrained by brainstem cholinergic projections driven by acetylcholine, inhibiting the thalamocortical relay cells from firing properly. Visual noise over signal is increased and faithful relay of finely tuned visual information to the V1 (visual cortex of the cerebral cortex) is then disturbed.

Cholinergic neurons of the brainstem have to modulate, constrain or inhibit GABAergic interneurons of the TRN so the end result will be disinhibition of thalamocortical relay cells, including ones of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (visual portion of the thalamus).

(From the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology)

> Structure and Function of Cholinergic Pathways in the Cerebral Cortex, Limbic System, Basal Ganglia, and Thalamus of the Human Brain

> **The cerebral cortex, thalamus, and basal ganglia of the human brain provide neural templates for the transformation of simple movements and sensations into exceedingly complex psychological acts and experiences. These transformations occur through the orderly transfer of information along parallel and serial pathways that lead to the formation of large-scale distributed networks. The thousands of neural pathways that contribute to the formation of these networks can be divided into two major groups. One group contains point-to-point (discrete) projections such as those that interconnect individual thalamic nuclei with their cortical targets. The second group contains equally important regulatory (diffuse) neural projections which (a) innervate

I guess I should preface with I don't actually know if I have endo. But long story short, I recently went to a urogynecologist who recommended pelvic floor PT. She said they could do it at her office. However it seems they only use electrical stimulation. My first appointment was rather uncomfortable, for a number of reasons and I cancelled my remaining appointments. The doctor called me and said she could schedule me with someone at her office with more experience or write me a referral for PT elsewhere.

Going elsewhere may cost more because I don't know if I will be able to find someone in network. But I'm debating if it may still be the better route. Most of what I've read on here and from my own research, pelvic floor PT seems to be more thorough and use multiple methods.

Article posted by TheBrainDriver tDCS Brain Stimulation Devices for Peak Performance

Link to Article

I've been reading about Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS), (also known as neuromuscular electrical stimulation or electromyostimulation).

All sources stress that the electrical signals used by EMS to activate a muscle are indistinguishable from the electrical signals sent from a brain while exercising.

It should therefore follow that mass increase of a muscle should be identical, whether stimulated by a brain or an electrode...

However, sources and studies consistently state that muscle mass increase from EMS is minimal at best, and does not compare to traditional exercise (for healthy adults). Although sources don't explain why.

Does EMS really fall short of a brain manually exerting a muscle as a way of increasing the mass? If so; Why? How?
Why isn't it possible to just lay in bed, and have a device turn you into the next Arnold Schwarzenegger?
^((Assume we're only interested in increasing the mass of a single specific muscle, not the total muscle mass of an animal))

Here is a video demonstrating the use of Electrical Muscle Stimulation to induce involuntarily exercises including leg extensions and cycling.