Neuroscience

AI-guided brain stimulation aids memory in traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has disabled 1% to 2% of the population, and one of the most common disabilities among patients is problems with short-term memory. Electrical stimulation has emerged as a viable tool to improve ...

Neuroscience

Binge eating linked to habit circuitry in the brain

Habits are like shortcuts for our brains. Once we form a habit—say, putting on a seat belt whenever we get into a car—the behavior becomes almost automatic in the right context. But habit formation isn't always a boon. ...

Neuroscience

Spinal cord stimulation may help diabetic neuropathy

People with painful diabetic neuropathy may be able to get relief from high-frequency spinal cord stimulation, according to a preliminary study released today, February 28, 2023, that will be presented at the American Academy ...

Neuroscience

Scientists identify neurons that restore walking after paralysis

In a multi-year research program coordinated by the two directors of .NeuroRestore—Grégoire Courtine, a neuroscience professor at EPFL, and Jocelyne Bloch, a neurosurgeon at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)—patients ...

Neuroscience

Brain-robot therapy reroutes motor pathway in stroke patients

Brain-robot interfaces—apparatuses where brain activity controls the movements of a robotic device that supports a hand or limb—show promise in rehabilitating paralyzed stroke patients. Yet the exact way the therapy impacts ...

Genetics

New research could explain unknown causes of epilepsy

In many cases of epilepsy—a disorder that disrupts the normal pattern of electrical activity in the brain and often results in seizures—the underlying cause is unknown, according to the National Institute of Neurological ...

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