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Listening to Ketamine
The fast-acting drug offers a new way to treat depression and fathom its origins. Recent approval of a nasal spray promises to expand access, but much remains unknown.
  • Knowable Magazine
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): What Are These Therapies and How Are They Used?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) are two therapy types that address specific symptoms of depression. 
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Brain-Machine Interfaces: Converting Thoughts Into Action
Far from science fiction, brain-machine interfaces present a glimpse of the future of technologies powered by thought.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Past and Promise of Deep Brain Stimulation
A new treatment for Parkinson's disease and other disorders arises from an outbreak of contaminated street drugs — and years of painstaking brain research.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Pain Therapies
By targeting pain at its source, scientists are aiming to develop new and safer pain relievers.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Computer Device Allows Paralyzed Man to Regain Movement
A computer hooked up to a patient’s brain reads his thoughts and translates those into electrical signals.
  • Science Friday
  • 17 min
Melding Mind and Machine
Brain-controlled prosthetics are making huge leaps forward thanks to new data.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
People Behind the Science: Eric Leuthardt
Science fiction meets reality in the realm of brain-computer interfaces.
  • People Behind the Science
  • 26 min
Lincoln's Misfortune
The diagnosis of the mental state of public figures is an overwhelming impulse for some, particularly in the current political season where terms like “narcissism”, “pathological liar”, and “megalomaniac” are now a routine part of the discourse.
Depression, the Placebo Effect, and the Brain
People who react strongly to placebos also react strongly to antidepressants, and vice versa, according to new research.
  • The Dana Foundation
Listening with Light:  Deaf Can Hear Using Lasers
Cochlear implants have restored hearing to thousands of deaf people, but what about when deafness is caused by a damaged cochlea or nonfunctional auditory nerve? A possible solution is to bypass the cochlea and stimulate the brain directly.
Hacking the Nervous System
One nerve connects your vital organs, sensing and shaping your health. If we learn to control it, the future of medicine will be electric.
  • Wellcome Trust
Mysteries of the Brain: Brain-Computer Interface
Scientists are developing devices that can monitor and extract brain activity to enable a machine or computer to accomplish complicated tasks.
  • National Science Foundation
  • 5 min

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