The 28-year-old man, who has been paralysed for more than a decade after a spinal-cord injury, had electrodes from the prosthetic hand inserted into his sensory and motor cortexes. This allowed him to both control the hand with thought and sense when the fingers of the hand were touched individually.
Dinitrogen monoxide is its IUPAC name and its common name is laughing gas. Its chemical name is nitrous oxide itself.
Isosorbide dinitrate is the generic name of a drug that is also sold under the brand names Isordil, Isordil Titradose, Dilatrate-SR, and Sorbitrate. It's also an active ingredient in the prescription drug BiDil. Doctors prescribe isosorbide to prevent and treat frequent chest pain due to lack of oxygen to the heart (chronic angina) caused by coronary heart disease, and to treat congestive heart failure. Isosorbide belongs to a class of drugs known as nitrates.