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Brain Stimulation
Brain Stimulation: was first developed as a treatment for Parkinson's disease to reduce tremor, stiffness, walking problems and uncontrollable movements. In brain stimulation, a pair of electrodes is implanted in the brain and controlled by a generator that is implanted in the chest.
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JAN 13, 2023Earth & The Environment
Drake McCrimmon is a 3rd-year Hydrology PhD student in the Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences at the University of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 10, 2023Neuroscience
Staying up all night to prepare for an exam may not be much help to students, because memory can be impaired by many thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 09, 2023Immunology
Treatments that eliminate disruptive protein clumps have not been good at relieving symptoms of dementia, and researcher ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new, targeted strategy to eliminate brain tumors and prevent future recurrences of brain can ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 05, 2022Neuroscience
Drugs that effectively treat disorders of the brain are very challenging to develop. In the past few decades, researcher ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2022Neuroscience
Experimental synthetic drugs may treat depression and anxiety-related disorders with few adverse side effects. The corre ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 18, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience examined how the dopamine system processes aversive, or unplea ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 18, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers noted an association between neural activity and the perceived intensity of pain that others feel, they publ ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 09, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Alzheimer’s disease is difficult to definitively diagnose. Instead, clinicians rely on behavioral tests that are o ...Written By: Zoe MichaudNOV 03, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers have discovered that wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety. ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 01, 2022Health & Medicine
A study published in PLoS suggests that the ability to recognize emotional cues in voices accurately declines with age. ...Written By: Kerry CharronOCT 22, 2022Neuroscience
New research from Finland reveals why we love horror moviesSEP 30, 2022Health & Medicine
A highly empathic person tends to help a person in need willingly, but what about those individuals with low empathy? A ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 23, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for an answer to the question of what makes us human for decades. Many have looked to our ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that results from the impairment of nerve cells in an area of the brain ca ...Written By: Zoe MichaudSEP 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may help control symptoms of binge-eating disorder and induce weight loss. The correspondin ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 17, 2022Health & Medicine
Chronic pain caused by illness or injury affects millions of people. Arthritis pain alone affects more than 50 million A ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 15, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Electrical stimulation of the eye's surface may alleviate depression-like symptoms and improve cognitive function in ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 07, 2022Neuroscience
Sensorimotor retraining significantly improves pain intensity in chronic low back pain. The corresponding study was publ ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 23, 2022Neuroscience
Physical and mental activity exert different effects on the cognitive reserves of men and women. The corresponding study ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 01, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers found that insulin release upon seeing or smelling appetizing food depends on a short-term inflammatory resp ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 20, 2022Neuroscience
There is no good model for investigating the human brain. A lot of what we know about which parts of the brain perform w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2022Neuroscience
A recent study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience highlighted deep nerve stimulation’s ability to lower blood ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUN 16, 2022Neuroscience
It's estimated that as many as 80% of all people partake in the world's most common psychoactive substance, caffeine. Pe ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Drake McCrimmon is a 3rd-year Hydrology PhD student in the Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences at the University of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 10, 2023
Neuroscience
Staying up all night to prepare for an exam may not be much help to students, because memory can be impaired by many thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2023
Immunology
Treatments that eliminate disruptive protein clumps have not been good at relieving symptoms of dementia, and researcher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new, targeted strategy to eliminate brain tumors and prevent future recurrences of brain can
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 05, 2022
Neuroscience
Drugs that effectively treat disorders of the brain are very challenging to develop. In the past few decades, researcher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2022
Neuroscience
Experimental synthetic drugs may treat depression and anxiety-related disorders with few adverse side effects. The corre
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 18, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience examined how the dopamine system processes aversive, or unplea
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 18, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers noted an association between neural activity and the perceived intensity of pain that others feel, they publ
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 09, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Alzheimer’s disease is difficult to definitively diagnose. Instead, clinicians rely on behavioral tests that are o
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
NOV 03, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers have discovered that wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety.
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 01, 2022
Health & Medicine
A study published in PLoS suggests that the ability to recognize emotional cues in voices accurately declines with age.
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 22, 2022
Neuroscience
New research from Finland reveals why we love horror movies
SEP 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
A highly empathic person tends to help a person in need willingly, but what about those individuals with low empathy? A
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 23, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for an answer to the question of what makes us human for decades. Many have looked to our
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that results from the impairment of nerve cells in an area of the brain ca
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may help control symptoms of binge-eating disorder and induce weight loss. The correspondin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 17, 2022
Health & Medicine
Chronic pain caused by illness or injury affects millions of people. Arthritis pain alone affects more than 50 million A
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 15, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Electrical stimulation of the eye's surface may alleviate depression-like symptoms and improve cognitive function in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 07, 2022
Neuroscience
Sensorimotor retraining significantly improves pain intensity in chronic low back pain. The corresponding study was publ
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 23, 2022
Neuroscience
Physical and mental activity exert different effects on the cognitive reserves of men and women. The corresponding study
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 01, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers found that insulin release upon seeing or smelling appetizing food depends on a short-term inflammatory resp
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 20, 2022
Neuroscience
There is no good model for investigating the human brain. A lot of what we know about which parts of the brain perform w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2022
Neuroscience
A recent study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience highlighted deep nerve stimulation’s ability to lower blood
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 16, 2022
Neuroscience
It's estimated that as many as 80% of all people partake in the world's most common psychoactive substance, caffeine. Pe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch