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SubscribeMagnetic brain stimulation makes learning easier – for rats
Brain slice of the frontal cortex of a rat showing nerve cells before and after treatment with the iTBS protocol showing a reduction in a protein called Paravelbium (red) but retention of perineural network (green)
Article Summary
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a technology that temporarily activates – or inactivates – parts of the brain using magnetic stimulation. Its ability to selectively turn areas of the brain on or off allows the functions and interconnections of the brain to by studied in a noninvasive and painless manner. Now researchers have shown that the technology can be used to enable rats to learn more easily. While smarter rats probably aren’t high on anyone’s wish list, the technology shows potential for allowing TMS to better treat a variety of brain disorders and diseases in humans, such as severe depression and schizophrenia.
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