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.
Nitrous Oxide & Mountain Midwifery Center. General Information. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) (âNitrousâ) is a colorless, nearly odorless, non-flammable gas first synthesized in the 1700âs (4). It was not widely used medically until the mid 1850âs and was introduced as an analgesic for dental procedures (4).