Brain stimulation adapts to Parkinson's patients' every step, easing gait and falls

UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person ...
Psychology Today

TMS: Stimulating the Brain Back to Health

Recently, I wrote about new developments in the world of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a technique for stimulating the brain to treat depression. The discussion was relatively high level, ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers identify brain 'entrapment' patterns associated with depression

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified distinctive patterns in how the brain transitions between activity states in people with depression, providing new insight ...
The Conversation

Brain stimulation can rewire and heal damaged neural connections, but it isn’t clear how – research suggests personalization may be key to more effective therapies

The connections between the neurons in your brain enable you to do amazing things, from brushing your teeth to solving calculus equations. When these connections become damaged, often as a result of ...
ZME Science

Brain-stimulating contact lenses could open a strange new path for treating depression

A wearable lens used the retina to reach mood circuits deep in the brain and reverse depression-like changes in mice.