How It Works: The Science
This electrical activity in the brain is measured using electrodes on the scalp.
What is an EEG (electroencephalogram)
The first successful human heart transplant occurred in 1967 in this country.
What is South Africa
This therapy uses electrical pulses to treat severe depression.
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
This noninvasive therapy uses magnets to stimulate brain cells.
What is TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)
This once-common mental health surgery involved removing brain tissue.
What is a lobotomy
This imaging technology uses strong magnets and radio waves to create brain images.
What is MRI
This technology edits genes and is often called “genetic scissors.
What is CRISPR
Therapy that replaces damaged body parts using artificial devices.
What is prosthetics
This treatment implants electrodes deep in the brain.
What is Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
In the early 1900s, people were treated with radioactive products because scientists thought this was healthy.
What is radiation therapy misuse / radium treatments
This type of scan uses radioactive tracers to show brain activity.
What is a PET scan
This device restores hearing to people with severe hearing loss.
What is a cochlear implant
This therapy uses stem cells to repair damaged tissues.
What is stem cell therapy
DBS is commonly used to treat this movement disorder.
What is Parkinson’s disease
This drug was prescribed in the 1950s to pregnant women but caused birth defects.
What is thalidomide
Neurons communicate using tiny chemical messengers called this.
What are neurotransmitters
The first vaccine developed using mRNA technology targeted this disease.
What is COVID-19
This therapy helps patients relearn movement after injury or stroke.
What is physical rehabilitation therapy
This brain stimulation technique sends a small electrical current through the scalp.
What is TDCS (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation)
Doctors once used this shock therapy involving freezing water to treat mental illness.
What is insulin coma therapy or cold water shock therapy?