While a flexible body may be helpful for physical health, a flexible brain — or the ability to break out of cycles of negative thoughts, behaviors and actions — is key to mental health. Frustrated by ...

The nucleus accumbens is a tiny element of the human brain triggered when we experience something enjoyable, and used to help us learn behaviors that lead to rewards. A new study has shown for the ...

An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Oxford, opening up new possibilities for ...

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A Nature Medicine study suggests GLP-1 drugs like Mounjaro may do more than reduce appetite. By recording brain activity from the nucleus accumbens, scientists found these medications can quiet ...

Combining virtual reality and non-invasive deep-brain electrical stimulation, researchers have improved healthy individuals’ spatial memory – the kind that helps you remember where you left the car ...

In a new leap for neurobiology and bioelectronics, Northwestern University scientists have developed a wireless device that ...

The joint study used deep brain stimulation devices to measure how 12 exercise sessions created new neural pathways in ...