A beam of sound, tuned to a frequency that passes harmlessly through the skull, can now quiet one of the brain’s most deeply ...

For the roughly 50 million Americans who live with chronic pain, the question has always been maddening: the injury healed ...

People given general anaesthesia fall into a coma-like state in which their memory and perception of pain are switched off.

A tiny implanted wire bundle can relay scalp-delivered electricity deep into the brain, enabling precise stimulation.

A new noninvasive neurostimulation technique capable of reaching deep regions of the brain has been used to elucidate the brain's pain mechanisms, with promising clinical applications in neurology and ...

Catheter-based polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) enables high-resolution intraoperative visualization of deep brain structures, offering a powerful complement to MRI for ...

Intravital brain imaging is a powerful method for observing neurons, glial cells, and their surrounding environments in living animals. It facilitates the study of neurological diseases, drug efficacy ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves implanting electrodes into specific brain areas to regulate abnormal activity, as a surgical treatment for neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

How consciousness emerges in the brain is the ultimate mystery. Scientists generally agree that consciousness relies on multiple brain regions working in tandem. But the areas and neural connections ...