FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 4, 2021·6 min readTreating Severe Depression With On-Demand Brain StimulationA modified deep brain stimulation devise that delivers on-demand stimulation when it recognizes changes in brain patterns provides immediate and long-term relief for depression sufferers.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 25, 2021·3 min readDeep Brain Stimulation for Treating SchizophreniaDeep brain stimulation appears to be safe, effective, and provides symptom improvements for at least one year in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 4, 2021·5 min readBrain Wave Recordings Reveal Potential For Individualized Parkinson’s TreatmentsResearchers have successfully recorded brain signatures of movement symptoms and deep brain stimulation of Parkinson's patients in real time. The findings could lay the groundwork for personalize therapies for those with the neurodegenerative disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 3, 2021·6 min readResearchers Wirelessly Record Human Brain Activity During Normal Life ActivitiesResearchers have succeeded in wirelessly recording both deep and surface human brain activity for an extended period of time while the patient was in their home environment.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 19, 2021·3 min readDeep Brain Stimulation Prevents Epileptic SeizuresHippocampal deep brain stimulation prevented seizures in mouse models of temporal lobe epilepsy.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 28, 2020·4 min readSpinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Pain and Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’sSpinal cord stimulation significantly decreased pain and reduced motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease, both as a singular therapy and for those who deep brain stimulation proved ineffective.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 6, 2020·4 min readThe Electrified BrainTargeted deep brain stimulation may help treat obsessive-compulsive disorder.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 27, 2020·6 min readLight-based deep brain stimulation relieves symptoms of Parkinson’s diseaseResearchers use optogenetic based deep brain stimulation to help treat motor dysfunction in animal models of Parkinson's disease. The new technique provides insights into why DBS works and ways in which it can be improved on a patient-by-patient basis.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 12, 2020·3 min readResearchers stimulate areas vital to consciousness in monkeys’ brains, and it wakes them upStimulating the central lateral thalamus in monkeys under anesthesia was enough to wake the animals and elicit normal waking behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 5, 2019·5 min readLong-term study data shows DBS is effective treatment for most severe form of depressionLong term outcome data of patients with treatment-resistant depression found subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation (SCC DBS) was both effective at relieving symptoms and safe.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 7, 2019·3 min readBrain stimulation for PTSD patientsSweat response could make brain stimulators more responsive for those with PTSD and other psychological disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 29, 2019·2 min readDeep brain stimulation modifies memoryStimulating the posterior cingulate cortex increased hippocampal gamma-band power and strengthened the connections between the two brain regions. Using deep brain stimulation could help to treat memory disorders and cognitive impairment.Read More
