Can ultrasound cure fear? A new study shows that targeting the amygdala with sound waves helps the brain unlearn fearful memories faster.

Neuroscientist Sjoerd Meijer of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has shown for the first time that targeted ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull. That goal now feels closer. Researchers from University College London and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magnetic cellbots and ultrasound stimulation offer a breakthrough approach to brain regeneration, boosting stem cell therapy ...

Scientists in Sunnybrook’s Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program recently made history as they non-invasively opened the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to deliver a small dose of immunotherapy directly to the ...

A new study provides the first visual evidence showing that brain circuits in living animals can be activated by ultrasound waves projected into specific patterns (holograms). Led by scientists at NYU ...

When Graeme F. Woodworth, MD, decided to focus his research efforts on glioblastomas, “everybody thought it was a dead end,” the neurosurgeon recalled. It wasn’t an unusual path for him. His first job ...

Farboud used a relatively new research method: a small speaker placed on the participants’ heads sent precisely targeted, inaudible sound vibrations into the brain. The technology resembles the ...

Everyone has a barrier in their brain that’s composed of densely packed cells in the capillary walls, restricting the passage of substances of the wrong size and chemistry from the bloodstream. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. graphic of brain and waves Deep-brain structures like the basal ganglia or the thalamus wield major influence on our behavior. If ...