The European Society for Brain Stimulation opposes EU reclassification of TMS and tDCS, claiming a flawed safety assessment

By SharpBrains | January 24, 2023

Man­i­festo: Oppo­si­tion to EU Reclas­si­fi­ca­tion of TMS and tDCS equip­ment to Class III devices based on flawed evi­dence (Euro­pean Soci­ety for Brain Stim­u­la­tion): It has recent­ly come to our atten­tion that the EU has reclas­si­fied the NIBS equip­ments includ­ing rTMS and tDCS, as Class III devices, the cat­e­go­ry of high­est risk, sim­i­lar to inva­sive treatments,…

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Neurostimulation device GammaSense by Cognito Therapeutics secures FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to explore Alzheimer’s Disease applications

By SharpBrains | January 14, 2021

Cog­ni­to Ther­a­peu­tics nets FDA break­through label for light, sound ther­a­py for Alzheimer’s dis­ease (Fierce Biotech): Using spe­cif­ic fre­quen­cies of flash­ing lights and sounds to stim­u­late the brain’s elec­tri­cal activ­i­ty, Cog­ni­to Ther­a­peu­tics believes it can help treat Alzheimer’s dis­ease by ener­giz­ing neu­rons and reac­ti­vat­ing the immune system.

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Update: Moderate lifetime drinking may lead to lower Alzheimer-related beta amyloid deposits in the brain

By SharpBrains | April 24, 2020

__ Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter. #1. First of all, it’s not all bad news this month. Study finds that mod­er­ate life­time drink­ing may lead to low­er Alzheimer-relat­ed beta amy­loid deposits in the brain #2. And, talk about per­son­al­ized med­i­cine! This fas­ci­nat­ing study show­ing how brain imag­ing (fMRI) + machine learn­ing + inten­sive, non-invasive…

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Halo Neuroscience raises $13M to further develop and commercialize neuromodulation headset aimed at inducing “hyperplasticity”

By SharpBrains | February 2, 2018

___ Halo Neu­ro­science rais­es $13m in Series B (Mass Device): “Neu­rostim­u­la­tion device mak­er Halo Neu­ro­science said today it raised $13 mil­lion in a Series B round of financ­ing to sup­port its Halo Sport neu­rostim head­set designed to improve mus­cle mem­o­ry acqui­si­tion from ath­let­ic training.

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Two Alvaros leading brain health @ BrainFutures 2017

By SharpBrains | September 7, 2017

Keynot­ing a fan­tas­tic con­fer­ence, Álvaro Pas­cual-Leone pre­sent­ed an overview of Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion and Neu­rostim­u­la­tion, and Álvaro Fer­nán­dez Ibáñez dis­cussed the future of Brain Health and Enhance­ment build­ing on the slid­edeck below. Excit­ing times! The Future of Brain Health and Enhance­ment from Sharp­Brains Hun­dreds of sci­ence labs and com­pa­nies around the globe are research­ing and devel­op­ing new ways to…

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Eight research teams working with DARPA to discover best ways to activate neuroplasticity and accelerate learning

By SharpBrains | May 12, 2017

DARPA Funds Brain-Stim­u­la­­tion Research to Speed Learn­ing (DoD news): “The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is work­ing with sev­en U.S. uni­ver­si­ties and ele­ments of the Air Force and Army on research that seeks to stim­u­late the brain in a non-inva­­sive way to speed up learn­ing. DARPA announced the Tar­get­ed Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty Train­ing, or TNT, program

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