Neurological disorders, such as addiction, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), affect millions of people worldwide and are often characterized by complex pathologies involving ...
A study by UNIGE, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, has significantly improved the accuracy of a noninvasive brain stimulation technique, paving the way for its use in the treatment of neurological ...
Deep brain stimulation is an emerging treatment for severe depression, but exactly how it alters the brain to relieve ...
Electroconvulsive therapy is highly effective in treating major depressive disorder, but no one knows why it works. New research suggests it may restore balance between excitation and inhibition in ...
Chemotherapy drugs for brain tumors typically haven’t been able to get past the blood-brain barrier, says Duke ...
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a well-established and effective treatment for severe depression and other conditions. Yet, it is unclear why seizures are therapeutic in ECT. This study used ...
A wearable headset that flickers light and pulses sound at 40 Hz is now in a large human trial as a potential non-drug ...
Traumatic brain injury can lead to chronic psychiatric and cognitive symptoms, coupled with changes to the nature of cortical oscillations and neural complexity. Treatment with magnesium–ibogaine was ...
A team of physicians, neuroscientists and engineers demonstrated two new strategies that use deep brain stimulation to improve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. By simultaneously targeting two key ...
Deep brain stimulation – implants in the brain that act as a kind of 'pacemaker' – has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an 'open ...
A tailored low-intensity noise stimulus alleviated tinnitus symptoms in a Phase II trial, demonstrating promise for a non-masking, precision-based sound therapy that quiets the brain’s internal noise.
A personal health crisis led me to "biohacking." Combined with ancient practices like meditation, the future of health may be ...