As at-home, do-it-yourself (DIY) brain stimulation devices like transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) gain popularity for common psychiatric conditions like depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), questions arise about their safety and efficacy. However, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to “fully” clear any of these devices and has only granted breakthrough device designation...
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Deep brain stimulation shows immediate improvement in arm and hand function post-brain injury, study finds
October 1, 2024 by University of Pittsburgh Deep brain stimulation may provide immediate improvement in arm and hand strength and function weakened by traumatic brain injury or stroke, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers report today in Nature Communications. Encouraging results from extensive tests in monkeys and humans open a path for a new...
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Magnetoelectric nanodiscs offer remote brain stimulation without implants or genetic modification
Magnetoelectric nanodiscs for neuromodulation. Credit: Ye Ji Kim et al Novel magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive way of stimulating parts of the brain, paving the way for stimulation therapies without implants or genetic modification, MIT researchers report. The scientists envision that the tiny discs, which are about 250 nanometers across (about 1/500...
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Study reveals how, when and where non-invasive brain stimulation influences neuronal activity and cognition
September 12, 2024 by Monash University Overall response time modulations in humans and in monkeys. Credit: Brain (2024). DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae273Brain stimulation using electrodes placed on the head has a great potential to be used in clinical practice to treat depression, anxiety and even addiction. Yet despite its widespread use in clinics and online availability for...
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Home-based brain stimulation ineffective for major depression, study finds
by Eric W. Dolan Enhance your understanding of the human mind and mental health trends. Click here to follow PsyPost on LinkedIn.A recent study found that unsupervised home-use brain stimulation combined with digital psychological interventions was not more effective than placebo treatments in alleviating symptoms of major depression. This finding challenges the current understanding of...
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Brain stimulation can make you easier to hypnotize
By Rich Haridy For the first time researchers have found a way to enhance a person’s susceptibility to hypnosis Depositphotos A person’s susceptibility to hypnosis has long been considered a pretty static trait. You may be highly hypnotizable, or you may be part of the nearly 25% of people who can’t really be hypnotized at all....
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Can brain stimulation benefit individuals with schizophrenia?
Peer-Reviewed Publication WILEY Most people with schizophrenia have extensive impairment of memory, including prospective memory, which is the ability to remember to perform future activities. Results from a randomized clinical trial published in Neuropsychopharmacology Reports indicate that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a non-invasive method that uses alternating magnetic fields to induce an electric current...
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Brain stimulation improves walking in patients with Parkinson’s disease
by Shinshu University Patient with Parkinsonian gait disturbances seeking brain stimulation to improve walking dynamics. A sinusoidal waveform was utilized to delivery electrical current on the cerebellum. The initiation of each current coincided with the moment of heel contact on the affected side during a self-paced four minutes gait. Credit: Ippei Nojima Gait-related disturbances adversely...
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Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Promising for Acute Stroke
Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW June 30, 2023 High-definition cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (HD C-tDCS) is a promising approach for treating acute ischemic stroke (AIS), results of a pilot study suggest. Investigators explored the feasibility and safety of the use of HD C-tDCS for patients presenting in the emergency department (ED) of a level 1 stroke center by...
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Brain stimulation may prove helpful to acute stroke patients, pilot study suggests
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES Highly targeted electrical stimulation to the brain showed promise as a new treatment for the most common type of stroke, according to a pilot study led by UCLA Health researchers. The study is the first in humans to test the feasibility of using a targeted type of electrical current, called...