Sharan Krishnan Human Connectome Project: How does the nervous system communicate? Neuroscientists have studied the anatomy and physiology of our body’s control center for generations. Neuroimaging for the longest time adopted a modular approach, believing one area of our brain is responsible for a specific function. However, recent research has begun exploring the communication that occurs between … Read more
Seeing Beyond Limits: How Stereo Vision Technology Transforms Life for the Visually Impaired The blind population often struggles to navigate our complex and intricate world. While the traditional walking stick can help patients avoid obstacles in their immediate vicinity, they are ineffective at helping the visually impaired population visualize said objects and more broadly, the … Read more
Medications frequently prove ineffective when administered for the mitigation of select conditions. Patients who present with persisting tremors and conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease, epilepsy, and dystonia experience complications with the subthalamic nucleus(STN), globus pallidus internus(GPi), and the ventral intermedius nucleus(VIM) of the thalamus–more generally known as areas within the deep brain. Consequently, deep brain … Read more
With climbing major depressive disorder(MDD) rates in the United States, increasing by 7.3% from 10.5% in 2015 to 17.8% in 2023, research on potential treatment options for patients is increasing. One such option that has been gaining traction in recent years is transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS). TMS aims to non-invasively and safely affect the physiology of … Read more
