{"id":238934,"date":"2026-06-13T22:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T03:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/third-electrode-pair-can-sharpen-deep-brain-stimulation-technique-mouse-experiments-suggest"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T03:10:24","slug":"third-electrode-pair-can-sharpen-deep-brain-stimulation-technique-mouse-experiments-suggest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/third-electrode-pair-can-sharpen-deep-brain-stimulation-technique-mouse-experiments-suggest","title":{"rendered":"Third electrode pair can sharpen deep brain stimulation technique, mouse experiments suggest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/third-electrode-pair-can-sharpen-deep-brain-stimulation-technique-mouse-experiments-suggest2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A study by UNIGE, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, has significantly improved the accuracy of a noninvasive brain stimulation technique, paving the way for its use in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Brain stimulation techniques can correct abnormal activity in the neural circuits involved in conditions such as Parkinson\u2019s disease and depression. However, current transcranial stimulation methods delivered through the scalp reach only the brain\u2019s surface, limiting their effectiveness. Deep brain stimulation, on the other hand, can target deeper structures but requires surgical implantation of electrodes.<\/p>\n<p>A team from the Synapsy Center for Neuroscience and Mental Health Research at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with ETH Zurich, the Wyss Center Geneva and EPFL, has improved a promising intermediate technology called \u201ctemporal interference stimulation.\u201d This method could allow deeper and more targeted noninvasive brain stimulation. The study is <a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S240547122600092X\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in Cell Systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study by UNIGE, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, has significantly improved the accuracy of a noninvasive brain stimulation technique, paving the way for its use in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Brain stimulation techniques can correct abnormal activity in the neural circuits involved in conditions such as Parkinson\u2019s disease and depression. However, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}