Focused ultrasound targeting the amygdala safely reduced emotional brain reactivity and improved symptoms of depression, anxiety, and trauma disorders, suggesting it may be a promising new treatment ...

Noninvasive brain stimulation techniques, including transcranial direct current stimulation, are effective nonpharmacologic treatments for insomnia.

In the brain, tRNS may enhance learning by gently boosting the activity of underperforming neurons, helping them get closer ...

GABA, or gamma-aminobutyric acid, is an amino acid functioning as the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter that can act on the brain to slow or stop the reception of certain signals to the brain, ...

The strength of certain neural connections can predict how well someone can learn math, and mildly electrically stimulating these networks can boost learning, according to a study published in the ...

GABA, or gamma-aminobutyric acid, is an amino acid functioning as the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter that can act on ...

Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation was safe and effective in treating adolescents and young adults with major depressive ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered that a magnetic brain treatment already used for depression can boost the brain’s ...

Her relapse into depression felt like defeat—but it offered vital clues to achieving lasting psychiatric relief. The 67-year-old woman from Alabama had already endured four major depressive episodes ...

Depression is everywhere these days, but mental health professionals are not. Some alternative treatments that could help are ...

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is working to make treatment for depression more accessible with its new mobile ...