Increased communication between distant brain regions helps older adults compensate for the negative aspects of aging, according to new research. The study, by experts from Duke University and the National Institute of Mental Health, was published in Human Brain Mapping. The aged brain tends to show more bilateral communication than the young brain. While this… Continue reading Brain halves increase communication to compensate for aging, study finds
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Magnetic Stimulation to “Rewire” the Brain for People with Depression
The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California-Los Angeles is one of a handful of hospitals and clinics nationwide that offer a treatment for depression that works in a fundamentally different way than drugs. The technique, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), beams targeted magnetic pulses deep inside patients’ brains — an approach… Continue reading Magnetic Stimulation to “Rewire” the Brain for People with Depression