Neurotechnology – News and Features

A new gene therapy technology enables the non-invasive control of specific brain circuits, holding promise for studying the brain and finding treatments for neurological conditions.

Newborn screening is a relatively easy and cost-effective way of improving the identification of babies with a medical condition in a timely fashion. This allows newborns to receive the treatment needed before irreversible damage has developed.

A new, non-invasive method uses light to activate neurons in the brain, potentially transforming deep brain stimulation treatment for Parkinson's and other neurological conditions.

An AI algorithm has been developed that can identify brain patterns related to a particular behavior, which can improve brain-computer interfaces and discover new brain patterns.

Adaptive deep brain stimulation could provide round-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson’s disease, treating movement problems during the day and insomnia at night.

A new brain–computer interface translates brain signals into speech with 97% accuracy, restoring speech to a man with ALS.

A new study based on recordings in the brains of people has yielded a pathbreaking trove of data that researchers now have used to reveal, with more clarity than ever, the neural incarnations of inferential reasoning.

Scientists have used neural imaging techniques to show how Western classical music elicits its positive effects on the brain. Their goal is to find more effective ways to use music to activate the brain in those who otherwise don’t respond.

Signals from white matter in the spinal cord in response to a stimulus are as robust as those in gray matter, a new study finds.

A team of researchers has developed light-activated derivatives of the anti-epileptic drug carbamazepine to treat neuropathic pain. These compounds, which show analgesic effects when activated by light, can inhibit nerve signals locally and on demand.