Articles by

Laura Sanders

What’s it like to live with deep brain stimulation for depression?

“The only thing I’ll slightly complain about — and it’s very vain — I only...

There’s a stigma around brain implants and other depression treatments

Like many people who have struggled with a mental illness, Emily Hollenbeck had plenty of stories...

What’s the future of deep brain stimulation for depression?

Neurologist Helen Mayberg cringes at the slow pace of DBS research. Her first paper describing DBS...

A chemical imbalance doesn’t explain depression. So what does?

You’d be forgiven for thinking that depression has a simple explanation. The same mantra — that the...

2022 was the year long COVID couldn’t be ignored

This year, the world had to face the growing burden of long COVID. A tidal wave of...

New brain implants ‘read’ words directly from people’s thoughts

SAN DIEGO — Scientists have devised ways to “read” words directly from brains. Brain implants can translate...

Clumps of human nerve cells thrived in rat brains

To coax human nerve cells in a laboratory to thrive, there are three magic words: location, location,...

Glial cells may take on big jobs in unexpected parts of the body

In the theater of the brain, nerve cells have long been cast as the stars, bringing mental...