A light pulse of electricity to the brain helped monkeys shake off a schizophrenia-like pattern of rigid thinking. They ...

The original story “ Electrical stimulation can restore ability to move limbs after spinal cord injury ” is published in The ...

New research suggests transcranial electrical stimulation could reduce obsessive–compulsive disorder symptoms. Discover more.

Bilateral stimulation is the use of visual, auditory, or tactile external stimuli occurring in a rhythmic side-to-side pattern. It is a core element of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing ...

More than 80% of patients implanted with a transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation device for central sleep apnea had at least ...

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 ...

About one-third of depression patients do not respond to standard antidepressants. A new treatment called PACE uses ...

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 ...

The effects of spinal cord injuries are complex and multifaceted. People lose not only the ability to control the movement of their limbs, but also the ability to receive sensory feedback from them.

Deciding if and when to pursue deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be overwhelming for people with Parkinson's disease. While ...

In new results from a clinical trial, researchers show that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore the muscle ...