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

Typically, monitoring brain activity requires sedating the cats, which could be stressful and uncomfortable for them.

ECT sessions are often conducted in a dedicated suite and take about an hour. Vital signs are checked. Monitors are placed on the patient to check heart rate, brain wave activity, oxygen saturation ...

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 ...

In a world first, veterinary scientists at Université de Montréal have found a way to scan the brains of cats while they're ...

At one point, she even considered trying electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which sends an electric current through the brain, intentionally triggering ... And when I tried it myself, in my new trainers ...