News tagged with stimulant drugs
Follow-up study supports the long-term benefits of transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression
In a study to determine the durability and long-term effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), psychiatric researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found the non-invasive, non-drug therapy to be an effective, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Narcolepsy Drug Being Used to Improve Cognitive Performance Affects Brain Dopamine Activity
Preliminary research in healthy men suggests that the narcolepsy drug modafinil, increasingly being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Beyond improving Parkinson's symptoms, does deep brain stimulation stall their progression?
Parkinson's disease symptoms begin subtly and worsen as damage to certain brain cells continues. But an electrical stimulation device implanted deep in the brain and programmed remotely, along with medications, may provide ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 18, 2011 |
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For potentially crippling dystonia, earlier deep brain therapy gets better, quicker results
Patients suffering from dystonia, an uncommon yet potentially crippling movement disorder, get better results if they begin deep brain stimulation therapy sooner rather than later, according to an international study published ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Researchers Study Academic Effects of ADHD Drugs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stimulant medications used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, are often assumed to improve memory and make a person smarter, but experts have found that is not the case. Researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Investigational neurostimulation device aims to reduce stroke damage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston are the only ones in Texas to offer a novel device that might extend the acute stroke treatment window from three hours to 24.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2009 |
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