The human brain is complex. Understanding deep brain function usually requires the insertion of probes that frequently result ...

Keith Krehbiel lived with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 25 years before agreeing to try a brain implant that might alleviate his symptoms. He had long been reluctant to submit to the surgery. “It was ...

Novel magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive way of stimulating parts of the brain, paving the way for stimulation therapies without implants or genetic modification, MIT researchers ...

Nia Therapeutics announced the publication of the first in vivo validation of its wireless, implantable brain-computer ...

Her relapse into depression felt like defeat—but it offered vital clues to achieving lasting psychiatric relief. The 67-year-old woman from Alabama had already endured four major depressive episodes ...

Treating brain diseases is extraordinarily challenging, because drugs often work poorly and implants require risky surgery that can jeopardize critical brain functions. A group at MIT has sought a ...

ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc., a global leader in non-invasive robotic brain surgery, today announced a landmark clinical research collaboration to evaluate precision radiomodulation therapy for ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA – What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a simple injection in the arm? This may someday help treat ...

Deep brain stimulation – implants in the brain that act as a kind of ‘pacemaker’ – has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an ‘open ...

When treatments such as medication and therapy aren’t able to relieve the symptoms of depression or another mental health condition, there are other options available. A psychiatrist might suggest ...

This study is the first of its kind in developing an off-label indication for RLS. Other conditions we’re considering ...