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·May 24, 2018·3 min read

New Computational Tool May Help Optimize Alzheimer’s Treatments

A new computational approach could help personalize brain stimulation for individual Alzheimer's patients, researchers say.

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·May 22, 2018·4 min read

Less May Be More in Brain Stimulation Therapy

When it comes to using rTMS to treat neurological and psychiatric conditions, less might be more, researchers say. The study reports fewer stimulations are required to prevent neurons from ceasing to respond.

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·May 21, 2018·4 min read

Brain Stimulation May Reduce Food Cravings as Obesity Treatment

According to researchers, high frequency dTMS increased beta endorphin levels, producing heightened feelings of reward following food ingestion. Researchers report this form of non-invasive brain stimulation could help alter food cravings in obese people.

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·May 3, 2018·3 min read

New Clues on How to Improve Memory During Sleep

Using electrical fields to simulate slow wave sleep, researchers enhance memory.

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·May 3, 2018·5 min read

Brain Stimulation Reduces Suicidal Thinking in People with Hard to Treat Depression

According to researchers, 40% of people with treatment resistant depression who received rTMS no longer had suicidal thoughts following treatment.

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·April 13, 2018·4 min read

Researchers Build Smallest Volume, Most Efficient Wireless Nerve Stimulator

Researchers have developed the smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator to date. The device may be used to monitor and treat diseases in real time, researchers report.

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·March 1, 2018·3 min read

Brain Stimulation Helps Younger, Not Older, Adults’ Memory

Contrary to existing thought, researchers report transcranial direct current stimulation is not as effective at improving memory in older people as it is in younger adults.

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·February 10, 2018·2 min read

Brain Stimulation Improves Word Recall in Severe Epilepsy

Stimulating specific regions of the brain can help to improve memory and word recall in those with severe epilepsy, a new Nature Communications study reports.

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·January 5, 2018·5 min read

Mirror Neuron Activity Predicts People’s Decision Making in Moral Dilemmas

UCLA researchers investigated how the brain responds when people watch other experience painful events. The study reports neural responses predict whether people will be inclined to avoid causing harm to others when faced with moral dilemmas.

Image shows the basolateral amygdala highlighted in the brain.

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·December 19, 2017·6 min read

Direct Amygdala Stimulation Can Enhance Memory in Humans

Researchers report in a new PNAS study that direct stimulation of the amygdala can enhance memory of images a day later, if the stimulation is applied immediately after the images are viewed.