Articles by

Laura Sanders

In a Jedi-like feat, rats can move a digital object using just their brain

Like tiny, hairy Yodas raising X-wings from a swamp, rats can lift digital cubes and drop them...

What a look at more than 3,000 kinds of cells in the human brain tells us

A new look at the human brain is beginning to reveal the inner lives of its cellular...

How brain implants are treating depression

On a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon in Manhattan, time froze for Jon Nelson. He stood...

Today’s depression treatments don’t help everyone

Jon Nelson’s depression was poison. “I had poison in every single bit of my body....

The science behind deep brain stimulation for depression

Early in the morning on August 22, 2022, Jon’s medical team told him that neurologist Helen...

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...