Neuroscience
Wearable electrical stimulator to zap Alzheimer's disease
Stimulating humans' sense of smell to prevent conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease is the focus of international research led by the University of Otago.
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Targeted brain stimulation dulls social pain
Pairing brain stimulation with an emotion management technique blunts negative emotions, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. The combination may improve emotional regulation in people with psychiatric disorders.
Dec 21, 2020
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Five-minute EEG recordings: A key to the symptoms of Parkinson's disease
What causes the characteristic slowing of movement in patients with Parkinson's disease? Electrical oscillations of nerve cells deep inside the brain and the cortex are pathologically coupled with each other. Researchers ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Restoring a rudimentary form of vision in the blind
Restoration of vision in blind people through a brain implant is on the verge of becoming reality. Recent discoveries at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) show that newly developed high-resolution implants ...
Dec 3, 2020
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Individualized brain stimulation therapy improves language performance in stroke survivors
Baycrest scientists are pioneering the use of individualized brain stimulation therapy to treat aphasia in recovering stroke patients.
Nov 12, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Evidence against paired brain training and stimulation for older adults
Brain training and electrical stimulation may not enhance cognition in older adults, according to a University of Queensland study.
Nov 12, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain stimulation may increase control of emotional actions
To function well in society, people must be able to control their emotional reactions from time to time. This usually goes well, but this control can fail, for example with aggressive behavior in traffic or in people with ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Neuroscience
Mapping the subcortex, the most ancient part of the brain
The most evolutionarily ancient part of our brain is the part that we know the least about.
Oct 6, 2020
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Neuroscience
Spinal cord stimulation reduces pain and motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients
A team of researchers in the United States and Japan reports that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) measurably decreased pain and reduced motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, both as a singular therapy and as a "salvage therapy" ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Neuroscience
Researchers explore how the human brain is so resilient
Future technology may be able to monitor and modify the brain to produce enhanced team performance, while increasing the efficiency and accuracy of decisions.
Sep 24, 2020
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