by IOS Press Recovery of 75-degree Oculus visual field of each eye in patient K.H. following NIBS treatment. Dark areas represent regions of vision loss. They are located in the nasal part of the visual field in both eyes and improve following treatment, with additional recovery at follow-up. (MD = mean deviation; positive values indicate...
by Graciela Gutierrez, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For some adults, the use of a responsive neurostimulation (RNS) system implanted in the brain can help lessen or control seizures related to certain types of epilepsy. The device works similar to a pacemaker but is implanted in the brain and programmed to recognize...
UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA IMAGE: CONCLUSIONS REVEAL IT IS EASIER TO ALTER THE COGNITIVE ACTIVITY THROUGH TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) IN PEOPLE WITH THE GENETIC VARIANT VAL/VAL FOR THE BDNF GENE. CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA The gene of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with several processes related to memory and brain plasticity. Now, a...
by University of Minnesota Medical School Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a pilot human study, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital show it is possible to improve specific human brain functions related to self-control and mental flexibility by merging artificial intelligence with targeted electrical brain stimulation. Alik Widge, MD,...
Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have found that non-invasive, gentle brain stimulation in older adults can improve their ability to walk or stand while simultaneously carrying out a cognitive task, a common dual-task situation that can determine their overall functionality. The study was led by Professor Jeffrey Hausdorff of TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, the Sagol School of Neuroscience, and...
by Dan Bernardi, Syracuse University A patient receiving transcranial direct current stimulation in the Aphasia Lab. Credit: Syracuse University Researchers in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) is testing a cutting-edge method of electrical brain stimulation to help stroke patients suffering from a language disorder called aphasia. The National Institutes of Health-funded study, led...
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE New research from Baylor College of Medicine scientists shows that a combination of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and exercise has potential benefits for treating ataxia, a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive irreversible problems with movement. Working with a mouse model of the human condition, researchers at Baylor and the Jan and Dan Duncan...
by Elsevier Credit: CC0 Public Domain A major impediment to treatment of substance use disorder (SUD) is a loss of behavioral flexibility, whereby one’s judgment is impaired such that their actions continuously result in negative consequences. Such decisions include continuing to use drugs, but this inflexibility extends to other areas of life and can continue even...
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY You might remember you ate cereal for breakfast but forget the color of the bowl. Or recall watching your partner put the milk away but can’t remember on which shelf. A new Northwestern Medicine study improved memory of complex, realistic events similar to these by applying transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the brain...
by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients’ distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco’s Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders have demonstrated a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that—at least...
