Sloan Supports New Study on What Happens When The Brain Is Artificially Stimulated
Stimulating the brain via electricity or other means may help to ease the symptoms of various neurological and psychiatric disorders, with the method already being used to treat conditions from epilepsy to depression.
But what really happens when doctors zap the brain?
Little is known about what makes this technique effective, or which areas of the brain should be targeted to treat different diseases.
A new study led by the University of Pennsylvania and the University at Buffalo marks a step forward in filling these gaps in knowledge. The research describes how the stimulation of a single region of the brain affects the activation of other regions and large-scale activity within the brain...