by University of Waterloo The effect of tDCS on reading accuracy for Chinese characters (left plot) and English words (right plot). Sentences were presented one word or character at a time (stimulus inserts). Participants were tested before, during, 5 minutes after, and 30 minutes after application of tDCS. The Y-axis denotes the accuracy difference between...
by Chinese Academy of Sciences A, an illustration of SOAP stimulating a neuron with an ultrasound focus delivered via the optoacoustic effect. B, the lateral profile of OFUS without and with presence of a piece of mouse skull. C, representative calcium images of cultured neurons before and after OFUS stimulation. The right panel shows the...
by University of Calgary Credit: CC0 Public Domain University of Calgary researchers have shown that the antibiotic D-Cycloserine (DCS) increases the effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for people with major depressive disorder (MDD). TMS is a non-invasive, well-recognized therapy for people who have treatment resistant depression. Even so, it doesn’t work for everyone. Researchers...
by University of Birmingham Training performance (n¯) for each training day, for the SHAM and ACTIVE groups, within each AGE level. Error bars represent the standard error of the mean. Credit: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (2022). DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1009262 Older people may be able to boost their working memory with a new approach that couples online therapeutic games...
XI’AN JIAOTONG-LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: RESEARCHERS AT XI’AN JIAOTONG-LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HAVE SHOWN THAT BRAIN STIMULATION CAN BE ENHANCED BY NON-INVASIVELY DELIVERED NANOPARTICLES. THIS CAN AID RECOVERY AFTER ISCHEMIC STROKE IN AN ANIMAL MODEL. CREDIT: PUBLIC DOMAIN In a recent study, researchers from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and other universities in China have reported that brain stimulation combined...
Diana Kwon Different kinds of memory are controlled by different parts of the brain. Credit: BSIP/UIG/Getty People’s ability to remember fades with age — but one day, researchers might be able to use a simple, drug-free method to buck this trend. In a study published on 22 August in Nature Neuroscience1, Robert Reinhart, a cognitive neuroscientist...
by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne A visual summary of the study. Credit: Pablo Maceira-Elvira (EPFL) Even though we don’t think about it, every movement we make in our daily life essentially consists of a sequence of smaller actions in a specific order. The only time we realize this is when we have to learn...
CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN IMAGE: TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION IS AN EFFECTIVE ANTIDEPRESSANT TREATMENT ACROSS ALL AGES IN ADULTS. CREDIT: ALEXANDRE AZINHEIRA, CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION. In the USA, rTMS was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 to treat patients suffering from treatment resistant depression, or in other words, patients who do not...
by Society for the Study of Addiction Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new systematic review published by the scientific journal Addiction has found that non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) may improve smoking abstinence rates 3 to 6 months after quitting, compared with sham brain stimulation. In recent years, NIBS has emerged as a new therapeutic option for alcohol use...
by Max Planck Society While the patients interacted with the virtual objects, their brains were stimulated via electrodes on the scalp. Credit: MPI CBS Persistent paralysis and coordination problems are among the most common consequences of a stroke. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, the University Medical...
