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A new type of therapy that uses sound waves to balance brain activity might help lower blood pressure and reduce symptoms of migraines.

Therapy HIRREM, which stands for high-resolution, relational, resonance-based, electro encephalic mirroring.

For the treatment, patients place sensors which measure the brain's electrical activity. The sensors are used to detect whether there are imbalances in the brain's activity between the left and right sides of the brain.

The imbalances can reflect improper regulation of the autonomic nervous system. The system that's responsible for controlling unconscious bodily functions, such as breathing and heart rate.

In the study, researchers tested HIRREM on 10 men and women with high blood pressure. About 18 HIRREM sessions over 10 days, their average systolic blood pressure was reduced from 152 to 136 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), and their average diastolic pressure was reduced from 97 to 81mmHg.

Hossam Shaltout, an assistant professor in the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center at Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina, said, the participant’s heart variability increased on average, from 43 to 57 milliseconds. It means that the body has more flexibility to change heart rate in response to blood pressure.

In another study, 52 adults with migraines underwent about 16 HIRREM sessions over nine days. At the end of the study, participants reported improvements in their headache symptoms.

The study showed that after the treatments, the likelihood of experiencing a headache was about the same in both groups. But, the study was too small to detect a meaningful difference between the groups.

Dr. Kevin Weber, a neurologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, said, Migraines are thought to be caused by abnormalities in the electrical activity of the brain. So, a treatment like HIRREM, which alters the brain's electrical activity, could affect migraines, and the brain and nervous system also play a role in the regulation of blood pressure.