Designed to highlight emerging technologies and applications: Deep Brain Stimulation; Automated Intelligence; Brain Computer Interfaces; transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; Digital Phenotyping and others
News
Podcast: Giving stroke patients a hand
Wearable ultrasound sensors for human brain in development
Low-cost, 3D printed device may broaden focused ultrasound use
IpsiHand stroke-recovery device named product of year by science society
Noninvasive brain biopsy shows improved sensitivity in tumor detection
Publications
Reports from WashU on developing technologies
Focused ultrasound combined with microbubble-mediated intranasal delivery of gold nanoclusters to the brain
Dezhuang Ye, Xiaohui Zhang, Yimei Yue, Ramesh Raliya, Pratim Biswas, Sara Taylor, Yuan-Chuan Tai, Joshua B Rubin, Yongjian Liu, Hong Chen. Journal of Controlled Release, Volume 286, 28 September 2018, Pages 145-153
Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Changing the Paradigm for Chronic Severe Depression?
Scott T. Aaronson MD and Charles R. Conway MD. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Volume 41, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages 409-418
The Mechanism of Action of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Treatment-Resistant Depression: Current Conceptualizations
Charles R. Conway and Willa Xiong. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Volume 41, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages 395-407
Chronic Vagus Nerve Stimulation Significantly Improves Quality of Life in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression
Charles R. Conway, Arun Kumar, Willa Xiong, Mark Bunker, Scott T. Aaronson, and A. John Rush. J Clin Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 21;79(5)
Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of peripartum bipolar depression: A case report
Willa Xiong, Ruthzaine Lopez, Pilar Cristancho. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, Volume 40, Issue 3, July-September 2018, Pages 344-345