Psychology & Psychiatry
'Personalized' brain zaps may ease tough-to-treat depression
Imagine battling debilitating depression for years, trying everything but finding little or no relief.
Oct 4, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Magnetic stimulation of the brain can improve episodic memory
Memories of past events and experiences are what define us as who we are, and yet the ability to form these episodic memories declines with age, certain dementias, and brain injury. However, a study publishing in the open ...
Sep 28, 2021
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Radiology & Imaging
Sonothermogenetic pulse controls mouse behavior
Neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy have had some treatment success using deep brain stimulation devices, but those require invasive and expensive surgical implantation. Now engineers funded by ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study suggests sonic hedgehog protein pathway stimulation could help Parkinson's patients
Levodopa, or L-dopa, is considered the most effective treatment for Parkinson's disease today. After a few years of treatment, however, almost all patients develop a debilitating side-effect called L-dopa induced dyskinesia, ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Neuroscience
Epilepsy brain implant does not transform patients' sense of self or personality, offers them new insights into illness
A next-generation brain implant currently in clinical use for treating refractory epilepsy—to help prevent symptoms including seizures—does not induce changes to patients' personalities or self-perceptions, a new study ...
Sep 3, 2021
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Neuroscience
Researchers evoke sense of touch through brain implant electrodes
In a first-in-human study, researchers at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research elicited the sense of touch through a minimally-invasive electrode brain implant. This research, published recently in Brain Stimulation, ...
Aug 23, 2021
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Neuroscience
Low-power electrical stimulation could aid stroke rehabilitation
Researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in Korea have developed a new electrical brain stimulation technique that could improve the recovery of patients from strokes. Described in Scientific ...
Aug 10, 2021
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Addiction
Non-invasive brain stimulation may reduce smoking
A new systematic review of randomized controlled trials has found evidence that non-invasive brain stimulation may reduce smoking frequency (number of cigarettes per day) in nicotine-dependent smokers.
Aug 4, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study yields tiny targets for healing human memory
The discovery could offer a way to measure the effectiveness of memory-restoring therapies including medications and deep-brain stimulation. It also could be a step toward recovering lost memory among patients with a variety ...
Aug 3, 2021
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Neuroscience
Key brain region involved in more than locomotion, finding may improve Parkinson's treatments
For decades, a key brain area called the mesencephalic locomotor region has been thought to merely regulate locomotion. Now, researchers in Silvia Arber's group have shown that the region is involved in much more than walking, ...
Jul 26, 2021
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