UK Develops Brain Implant to Improve Mood
British scientists have invented a brain implant to improve the mood of patients, The Guardian reports citing the National Health Service.
The device will try to improve the mood of patients using a brain-computer interface that directly changes brain activity using ultrasound.
The device, which is implanted in the skull but not in the brain, monitors human activity and sends ultrasound pulses that switch on certain neuronal clusters.
The safety of the device will be tested on about 30 patients in a £6.5 million study funded by the British government.
‘The device may have the potential to help patients with conditions such as depression, drug addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder and epilepsy,’ the publication says.
As previously reported by The Gaze, US billionaire Elon Musk's startup Neuralink has successfully implanted its brain chip in two paralysed patients to enable them to use digital devices with their minds.