A headset recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration uses a weak electric current to shock the brain. Some ...

A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has discovered that early and sustained cognitive stimulation can help preserve brain connectivity and memory in ...

Recent research has shown that non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in particular, can modulate core memory ...

October 19, 2011 — New studies in animal models show not only that stimulating targeted regions of the brain improves spatial memory but also that neurogenesis explains, at least in part, this ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how ...

BRISBANE — Scientists in Australia have discovered that a magnetic brain treatment already used for depression can boost the brain’s capacity to remodel its connections in mice with Alzheimer’s-like ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Electrical brain stimulation using a non-invasive cap can help boost older people's mental scores to those of people 20 to 30 years younger, according to a study published on Monday ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth Riley, Cornell University (THE CONVERSATION) Most people think of ...

A team of researchers has shown that noninvasive electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve through the ear can reverse memory deficits caused by acute stress in mice, pinpointing a specific protein ...

Study provides new evidence that sensory stimulation of gamma-frequency brain rhythm may promote broad-based restorative neurological health response. Studies by a growing number of labs have ...

Illustration of the basolateral amygdala (blue), hippocampus (yellow), and perirhinal cortex (pink) and electrical signals from each region during a recognition test trial. Source: Cory Inman, Emory ...