What is Brain Stimulation?

Intracranial stimulation refers to a series of technical means to directly stimulate the stimulation in the brain, such as plug-in electrodes, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) technology, optogenetic technology and so on.

Intracranial stimulation refers to direct stimulation in the brain, which can be divided into two types. The first is invasive intracranial stimulation, such as: plug-in electrodes, electrode discharge to stimulate brain neurons; the second is noninvasive intracranial stimulation. ,Such as:

Treatment of epilepsy: After clearing the epileptic focus through intracranial electrode implantation, the cortical electrical stimulation is used to locate the functional area, and the treatment plan is decided according to the relationship between the epileptogenic focus and the functional area ^[2] .

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial Doppler (TCD) simultaneously synchronize ultrasound to treat mental illness ^[3] .

Optogenetics is applied to study the neural circuits of animals ^[4] .

Most of the methods of intracranial stimulation can do causal research on the relationship between the brain and behavior, but a single research method is definitely not enough. They need to be used in combination to better explore the mysteries of the brain.