Sometimes called a “pacemaker for the brain,” this nerve connects the brain to most major organ systems in your body. For ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, such as following a spinal cord injury, has made great strides in recent years.

When Gina Arata was 22, she crashed her car on the way to a wedding shower. Arata spent 14 days in a coma. Then she spent more than 15 years struggling with an inability to maintain focus and remember ...

Stimulating the brain's self-control center via rTMS reduces smoking by 11 cigarettes a day, outperforming reward-suppression tactics.

But main results from sham-controlled trial still outstanding ...

The human brain's adaptability to internal and external changes, known as neural plasticity, forms the foundation for understanding cognitive functions like memory and learning, as well as various ...

Various diseases can be treated by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrical signals. However, this technique does not always work. A study has now shown: The electrical signals must be ...

A novel, noninvasive brain stimulation approach—known as transcranial temporal interference stimulation (TIs)—may offer a new ...

The connections between the neurons in your brain enable you to do amazing things, from brushing your teeth to solving calculus equations. When these connections become damaged, often as a result of ...