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A new review finds that cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, yoga, and physical activity consistently relieve chronic fatigue across stroke, cancer, ...
Tag: Neuromodulation
Zapping the Ear to Boost the Brain: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Shows Glimmer of Cognitive Gains
A new trial suggests that stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear may sharpen performance on adaptive cognitive training and ...
Virtual Brain Testbed Pits Deep Brain Stimulation Against Rhythmic Light in Parkinson’s Disease
A conductance-based computer model of the Parkinsonian brain circuit shows that deep brain stimulation and rhythmic visual input reshape network ...
The Hidden Map of Brain Stimulation: New Analysis Reveals How Fast-Growing Deep-Target Techniques Really Compare
A comparative analysis of more than 32,000 publications shows temporal interference stimulation growing fastest among brain stimulation technologies while early ...
Functional Ultrasound Brain-Computer Interfaces Move From Reading the Brain Toward Bidirectional Control
Brain-computer interfaces promise to restore movement and communication to people whose nervous systems no longer can, but the technology has ...
Your Pupils May Reveal How the Brain Decides What to Remember, New Framework Suggests
A new theoretical framework proposes that pupil dynamics measured non-invasively can serve as a systems-level biomarker linking dopamine and norepinephrine ...
Vagus Nerve Stimulation May Work Best When Timed to Your Heartbeat and Brain State
A new review from University of Miami researchers argues that the effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation in targeted plasticity therapy ...
Scientists Debate How AI Should Pick the Best Brain Stimulation Contacts in Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers behind a deep brain stimulation prediction algorithm respond to an external validation study, defending their methods and laying out ...
Brain Stimulation for Depression Works Differently Depending on the Brain It Hits, Rat Study Finds
A new rat study shows that rTMS for depression recruits different behavioral, hormonal, and molecular adaptations depending on whether the ...
The Plasticitome: Why Every Synapse in the Brain Learns by Its Own Rules
A new Frontiers Editorial argues that synaptic plasticity follows a diverse repertoire of learning rules across synapses, cell types, and ...
Silent Speech Runs the Brain’s Arousal System on Low Power, Pupil Study Reveals
New pupillometry experiments show that silent inner speech produces lower and sometimes opposite pupil-linked brain arousal compared with speaking aloud, ...
Magnetic Pulses to the Brain Ease Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease
A new study shows that ten sessions of high-frequency magnetic stimulation targeting the primary motor cortex improved freezing of gait ...
Nerve-Stimulating Device for Cancer Wasting Enters First Human Trial
OnVagus has received approval to begin the first human trial of its noninvasive vagus nerve-stimulation device for cancer-related wasting at ...
Awake Alpha Bursts Reveal the Thalamus’s Hidden Working State
A biophysically constrained computational model of a lateral geniculate thalamocortical neuron reveals five distinct firing regimes and shows that the ...
Brain stimulation heals paralysis and pain by fixing mitochondria in a single set of neurons
New research reveals that high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation restores motor function and relieves neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury by ...
Low-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation Emerges as Top Neuromodulation Option for Neuropathic Pain
A network meta-analysis of 115 randomized controlled trials finds that low-frequency spinal cord stimulation carries the strongest evidence for treating ...
Deep Brain Stimulation Without Surgery: Temporal Interference Wakes the Sleeping Thalamus
A new translational study shows that non-invasive temporal interference stimulation targeted at a deep thalamic arousal nucleus promotes wakefulness in ...
APA Journals Spotlight Brain Stimulation, Esketamine and Precision Psychiatry in October Issues
The October 2026 issues of four American Psychiatric Association journals present new research spanning neuromodulation, precision brain stimulation trials, esketamine, ...
Evoked Potentials Enhance Parkinson’s Deep Brain Stimulation
Emerging Frontiers in Parkinson’s Disease Therapy: Evoked Potentials Revolutionize Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation Programming In the relentless battle against Parkinson’s ...
Ultrasound-Transparent Neural Interfaces Enable Multimodal Interaction
In a groundbreaking advancement at the nexus of neurotechnology and flexible electronics, researchers have unveiled ultrasound-transparent neural interfaces designed to ...
