More recent papers have argued that they inhibit areas of the cortex not in use, or alternatively that they play an active role in network coordination and communication. Occipital alpha waves during ...

A device that delivers direct stimulation to the brain was found to be a safe and effective means of treating depression at home, according to a new study. A device that delivers direct ...

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive procedure that delivers magnetic pulses to the brain to change neural activity. It is used to treat mental health disorders, particularly ...

Saint Louis University’s Geriatric Education Center (GEC) offers cognitive stimulation therapy (CST), a support group for people experiencing memory challenges. Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is ...

Dr Robert Reinhart, from Boston University, described the stimulation technique as "an entirely different approach to isolating and augmenting parts of the brain" which offered "an entirely new ...

This stimulation did not require any genetic modification. They then injected small droplets of magnetoelectric nanodiscs solution into specific regions of the brains of mice.

At-home brain stimulation therapy can safely and effectively treat severe to moderate depression, a new clinical trial shows. Rates of treatment response and depression remission were three times ...

Lebby Eyres says whole-body electrical muscle stimulation suits, such as the one she is wearing here, work for her The first time that long-distance rower Lebby Eyres tried exercising in the gym ...

The paper is published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. To more closely examine whether vagus nerve stimulation can boost perceptual learning, the study team trained 38 mice to tell apart ...