deep brain stimulation

When Does “Altering Brain Function” Become “Mind Control”?

by

From Frontiers in System Neuroscience, this article looks at the resurgent interest in functional neurosurgery for “psychiatric illness.” The preferred approach is deep brain stimulation (DBS) technology, “because it allows clinicians to directly alter the functions of targeted brain regions, in a reversible manner, with the intent of correcting diseases of the mind, such as … Read more

Mysterious Resting State Networks Might Be What Allow Different Brain Therapies to Work

by

From Pacific Standard, this is a brief review of new research around the efficacy of deep brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of various types of psychological distress (depression, bipolar, and so on). Their results suggest that brain networks might be used to understand why brain stimulation works and to improve this … Read more