Team pinpoints brain signals tied to OCD symptoms

Researchers are exploring for brain signals that mark when someone is experiencing OCD symptoms in order to shape future brain stimulation treatments.

Brown University • futurity
Dec. 14, 2021 ~9 min

Sensor glove aims to help curb trichotillomania

Undergraduate engineers have created a prototype glove that senses when someone with trichotillomania reaches to pull out hair.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
May 4, 2021 ~5 min


Can brain zaps curb obsessive-compulsive behavior?

Researchers report that repeated noninvasive, pain-free brain stimulation curbed behaviors common to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Katherine Gianni-Boston University • futurity
Jan. 20, 2021 ~5 min

Could simple tests predict which OCD treatment will work?

Brains scans of people who have obsessive-compulsive disorder reveal that "different brains respond to different treatments."

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Aug. 31, 2020 ~10 min

Worms stuck in repeat could clarify human diseases

A brain circuit that underlies repetitive behavior in roundworms could shed light on Tourette's and autism in humans.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
May 13, 2019 ~6 min

New clues to abnormal brain signals in movement disorders

Research with mice shows how sensory and motor signals have different paths and effects on our behavior, which could lead to Parkinson's treatments.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
April 15, 2019 ~2 min

People with OCD get stuck in ‘loop of wrongness’

"This is not some deep dark problem of behavior—OCD is a medical problem, and not anyone's fault. With brain imaging we can study it just like heart specialists study EKGs..."

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Dec. 4, 2018 ~6 min

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