One participant pointed to her chest. That, she explained, is where she felt her foot hit the treadmill. Not the foot itself, ...

The effects of spinal cord injuries are complex and multifaceted. People lose not only the ability to control the movement of ...

Automatic personalization of electrode placement for transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation can take it to the next level.

A research team at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a new noninvasive brain stimulation technique, by showing how focused ultrasound affects the human brain. Using brainwave recordings from ...

Pulses of electricity delivered to a precise location on the spinal cord have helped two stroke patients regain control of a disabled arm and hand, a team reports in the journal Nature Medicine. The ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in vagus nerve stimulation. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection ...

When it comes to brain health, the vagus nerve might not always be top of mind. But this mighty nerve serves an important function: It sends information between your brain and other vital organs, and ...

What does it really mean when we use technologies to read our minds and modify our brains? This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your ...

High‑frequency brain stimulation that synchronizes frontal–parietal activity led people to choose more generously, suggesting that altruism depends on rapid neural coordination.

In new results from a clinical trial, researchers show that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore the muscle control and sensory feedback required for coordinated walking movements.