Relief for people who suffer from movement-related brain disorders, chronic depression, and pain may one day be in the form of a new treatment invented by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and four universities. This new treatment involves stimulation of neurons deep within the brain by means of injected nanoparticles that light up when exposed to X-rays and would eliminate an invasive brain surgery currently in use.
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(Funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the National Institutes of Health)
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https://www.anl.gov/article/shining-a-healing-light-on-the-brain