Even though psychological stress often plays a role in yips and twisties, new research notes some cases may have origins starting in deeper brain regions.

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Brain-computer interfaces are devices that translate information from the brain into outputs that control software like applications or hardware like other physical devices.

Deep brain stimulation allows for a surgically implanted, battery-operated medical devices to deliver electrical stimulation to specific brain areas.

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Chronic pain carries on for longer than three months despite medication or treatment, and it has an array of causes and implications for health and wellbeing.

A stroke is a block in the brain's blood supply that can be caused by a clot in a blood vessel or rupture of a blood vessel.

Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that damages myelin and causes inflammatory cells to form lesions around and along nerve fibers.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are caused by bumps, blows, or jolts to the head that may result in brain surface bruising, stretching and shearing of brain cells, or tearing of the brain’s blood vessels.

A spinal cord injury can arise from a sudden, traumatic blow to the spine or through non-traumatic means, destroying nerve cells that carry signals along the spinal cord.