While a flexible body may be helpful for physical health, a flexible brain — or the ability to break out of cycles of negative thoughts, behaviors and actions — is key to mental health. Frustrated by ...

Long-term outcome research indicates that deep brain stimulation holds promise for the treatment of intractable major /topics/Depression" class="cnnInlineTopic">depression and obsessive-compulsive ...

Nia Therapeutics announced the publication of the first in vivo validation of its wireless, implantable brain-computer ...

Most of us know the feeling: maybe it is making a difficult phone call, starting a report you fear will be criticized, or ...

An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Oxford, opening up new possibilities for ...

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A Vancouver General Hospital neurosurgeon is working on new research that could help Parkinson’s patients suffering from ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment for various neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It involves surgically implanting an electrode into your ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Oxford, opening up new possibilities for ...