To study how ECT treats depression, my team and I used a device called an electroencephalogram, or EEG. It measures the brain ...

New research reveals how the vagus nerve is changed by social stress and how stimulation may help with severe depression.

Although the most common side effect of Electroconvulsive Therapy is memory loss, my recent review suggests that more ...

ECT involves passing electric currents through a patient's brain to cause seizures or fits. Dr John Read, of the University of East London said there was "no place" for ECT in evidence-based ...

Neurons in certain brain areas integrate ‘what’ and ‘when’ information to discern hidden order in events happening in real ...

A lot more research will be needed to show this can actually have a therapeutic effect on dementia, but scientists have ...

When the Toyota Tacoma was redesigned in 2016 for its third generation, it launched with a new array of new exciting features and controls, including an 'ECT PWR ... a kind of brain that adjusts ...

Brain waves can be manipulated while in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a sleep stage associated with memory and cognition, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Novel technology ...

And they emit radio waves, a type of non-ionising radiation. These two factors are largely why the idea mobile phones might cause brain cancer emerged in the first place. The possibility that ...

Placed on the head, these sensors detect subtle brain wave activity, behaving like a pulse-detecting smartwatch, a blood pressure wrist cuff or a heart rate monitor. But this tool isn’t checking ...