Neuroscientists at University of Iowa Health Care have demonstrated for the first time that noninvasive brain stimulation can ...

Can TMS reach the hippocampus? A new study demonstrates that personalized noninvasive brain stimulation can modulate deep ...

A guitarist in a death metal band was one of several people who found that personalized deep brain stimulation eased their pain and helped them reduce pain medication. A guitarist in a death metal ...

Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in expressionless faces, new research has revealed. The study shows that even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful ...

The risk of damage to, or heating of, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) is low during transcutaneous magnetic stimulation (TCMS) or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), even when ...

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.

Scientists have discovered how to make people less selfish - at least temporarily - by stimulating two areas of their brain. In a new study carried out at the University of Zurich, 44 volunteers were ...

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