Neuroscientists at University of Iowa Health Care have demonstrated for the first time that noninvasive brain stimulation can ...
The vagus nerve carries information between the brain and organs in the chest and abdomen, such as the heart and intestines, ...
A light pulse of electricity to the brain helped monkeys shake off a schizophrenia-like pattern of rigid thinking. They ...
Scientists at the University of Oxford have demonstrated, for the first time, that a key emotional center deep in the human ...
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in vagus nerve stimulation. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection ...
A new theoretical framework reveals why magnetoelectric nanoparticles behave unpredictably and how their nonlinear physics ...
One in six people worldwide suffers from neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, ...
Pulses of electricity delivered to a precise location on the spinal cord have helped two stroke patients regain control of a disabled arm and hand, a team reports in the journal Nature Medicine. The ...
What does it really mean when we use technologies to read our minds and modify our brains? This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your ...