Study: Personalized, closed-loop neuromodulation can (one day) become a “pacemaker for the brain”

By SharpBrains | October 5, 2021

Treat­ing Severe Depres­sion with On-Demand Brain Stim­u­la­tion (UCSF press release): UCSF Health physi­cians have suc­cess­ful­ly treat­ed a patient with severe depres­sion by tap­ping into the spe­cif­ic brain cir­cuit involved in depres­sive brain pat­terns and reset­ting them using the equiv­a­lent of a pace­mak­er for the brain. “This study points the way to a new par­a­digm that is…

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Neuroengineering meets neuroethics to address treatment-resistant depression

By SharpBrains | November 8, 2019

___________________ Is This the Future of Men­tal Health? (USC Viter­bi School of Engi­neer­ing): “Brain–machine inter­faces (BMIs) pro­vide a direct path­way to the brain to trans­late brain sig­nals into actions … Below, Shanechi (Note: Maryam Shanechi, PhD, assis­tant pro­fes­sor of elec­tri­cal and com­put­er engi­neer­ing) answers some ques­tions about her work and what the future might hold…

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