Reinventing depression treatment via transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS)

By SharpBrains | April 22, 2020

___ Stan­ford researchers devise treat­ment that relieved depres­sion in 90% of par­tic­i­pants in small study (press release): “A new form of mag­net­ic brain stim­u­la­tion rapid­ly relieved symp­toms of severe depres­sion in 90% of par­tic­i­pants in a small study con­duct­ed by researchers at the Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty School of Med­i­cine … In tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion, elec­tric currents…

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How to intervene early to address brain/ mental health problems: Examples in depression, epilepsy and smoking cessation

By SharpBrains | July 18, 2019

How to inter­vene ear­ly: Exam­ples in depres­sion, epilep­sy and smok­ing ces­sa­tion from Sharp­Brains We hope you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing, for­ward-look­ing ses­sion held at the 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th).  Full record­ings are avail­able for pur­chase here. 10.45am-12.15pm. How to inter­vene ear­ly: Exam­ples in depres­sion, epilep­sy and smok­ing ces­sa­tion  Dr. Wal­ter Greenleaf,…

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October 6–7th in Stanford University: Virtual Reality and Behavior Change in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

By SharpBrains | September 25, 2017

Quick heads-up about a time­ly con­fer­ence tak­ing place late next week. What: This year the con­fer­ence is com­plete­ly devot­ed to vir­tu­al and aug­ment­ed real­i­ty (VR/AR) tech­nolo­gies and behav­ioral change, explor­ing the appli­ca­tion of immer­sive tech­nolo­gies for treat­ing and research­ing addic­tions, ADHD, anx­i­ety, PTSD, psy­chosis, pain, depres­sion, psy­cho­so­mat­ic ill­ness and more. Where: Li Ka Shing Cen­ter for Learning…

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Enabling deep, focused transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Key neurotechnology patent #34

By SharpBrains | March 24, 2017
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Today we are shar­ing a key 2009 patent, assigned to Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty, that enables the stim­u­la­tion of deep­er struc­tures of the brain with­out over­whelm­ing super­fi­cial struc­tures that are not the focus of treat­ment. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,520,848: Robot­ic appa­ra­tus for…

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Upcoming market report on Pervasive Neurotechnology

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 2, 2015

Just a quick heads-up to the Sharp­Brains com­mu­ni­ty: we are wrap­ping up a com­pre­hen­sive mar­ket report on Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nolo­gies (non-inva­­sive, scal­able, poten­tial­ly ubiq­ui­tous). To learn when it becomes avail­able, keep tuned via our e‑Newsletter. See below, in alpha­bet­i­cal order, a few of the orga­ni­za­tions to be pro­filed in the report, giv­en their rel­e­vant intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty portfolios…

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