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Maybury and Jagannathan on sleep: memory precision, fly models and at‑home sensors

In a Gates Cambridge Conversations interview, Julia Maybury and Sri Jagannathan described their sleep research, covering human memory precision, fruit‑fly neural mapping, and trade‑offs between lab EEG and at‑home wearables.

10 Apr 2026

TaVNS randomized trial launched to test perioperative anxiety reduction in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery

Jiangsu Cancer Hospital is recruiting 120 patients into a double‑blind RCT (ChiCTR2500112808) testing two sessions of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (TaVNS) versus sham to reduce perioperative anxiety in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery; primary outcome is HADS‑A measured days 1–3 and at three months.

10 Apr 2026

Open dataset links hourly symptom diaries with bilateral wrist accelerometry from 66 Parkinson’s patients

A University of Cologne–Charité team published an open dataset of hourly symptom diaries matched to bilateral wrist accelerometry from 66 Parkinson’s patients (393.8 days of concurrent data). The files, metadata and example Matlab scripts are available on OSF.

10 Apr 2026

Colorado performs its first implanted brain–computer interface surgery at UCHealth

UCHealth and CU Anschutz performed Colorado’s first implanted brain–computer interface surgery, implanting a device in higher‑level brain areas to restore motor and sensory function and collect long‑term data on cognition and movement.

10 Apr 2026

China team publishes longitudinal DBS–fMRI dataset linking treatment response to a motor network in Parkinson’s

A Beijing team published a longitudinal DBS–fMRI dataset from 14 Parkinson’s patients in Nature Neuroscience and found that clinical response correlated with normalization of the somato‑cognitive action network (SCAN). The authors released the data for other researchers and link SCAN changes to potential personalized DBS strategies.

8 Apr 2026

Carmella Ryan leads EEG study of emotional memory at Slippery Rock

Slippery Rock junior Carmella Ryan and instructor Shannon McKnight are launching an EEG study of emotional memory that measures the late-positive potential; Ryan narrowed 2,200 words to 120 and the team is recruiting adult participants.

8 Apr 2026

UT Southwestern symposium: VR used to train surgeons, ease patient pain and support rehab

UT Southwestern’s 28th Capra Symposium showcased clinical uses of virtual reality in surgical training, pain and anxiety reduction, and rehabilitation, and reported pilot data showing >5% peak-VO2 gains in lower-fit participants during immersive exercise tests.

8 Apr 2026

electroCore enrolls first eight patients in gammaCore nVNS PTSD study

electroCore reported April 7, 2026 that the first eight patients have enrolled in an investigator-led study of its gammaCore non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation device for PTSD; the trial will enroll up to 40 adults and assess CAPS-5 change after 12 weeks.

8 Apr 2026

Frontiers perspective warns of risks from long-term, unsupervised tDCS use

A Frontiers Perspective accepted 6 April 2026 warns that long-term and unsupervised use of tDCS lacks systematic safety data and urges researchers, regulators and vendors to adopt safeguards and materiovigilance.

7 Apr 2026

AI eye‑tracking and emotion recognition to improve attention in children with autism

Matrouh University researchers describe an AI system combining eye‑tracking and emotion recognition to monitor and adapt attention during storytelling for children with autism. The published excerpt lists authors and approach but does not include outcome or sample data.

7 Apr 2026

TRICEPS trial recruits ~270 UK stroke patients to test ear-based vagus nerve stimulation with physiotherapy

The UK TRICEPS trial is recruiting roughly 270 stroke patients across 19 centres to test daily ear-based vagus nerve stimulation combined with physiotherapy; researchers say evidence for external VNS is promising but still incomplete and larger trials are underway.

3 Apr 2026

Meta-analysis reports shared resting‑state brain‑activity alterations across psychiatric disorders

A new meta-analysis synthesizes resting‑state fMRI studies to identify shared spontaneous brain‑activity alterations across psychiatric diagnoses and highlights candidate transdiagnostic targets for follow‑up work.

3 Apr 2026

Fenfluramine reduces hard-to-treat seizures in three girls with Rett syndrome

A small retrospective case series in Epilepsy & Behavior reports that fenfluramine reduced seizures in three of four girls with MECP2-related Rett syndrome, with two families also reporting functional and communication gains; authors call for larger controlled trials.

2 Apr 2026

Rewiring the Future: ETSU maps circuits that may curb autonomic dysreflexia

ETSU researchers led by Matthew Zahner say they are using chemogenetics and viral microinjections to map circuits that control autonomic function after spinal cord injury and report that targeted locus coeruleus stimulation can inhibit stress responses and lower blood pressure, according to an ETSU profile.

2 Apr 2026

Conference urges nerve‑centric view of endometriosis and flags vagus‑nerve approaches

At this year’s Endometriosis Foundation of America conference, clinicians pushed a nerve‑centric model for endometriosis pain and spotlighted the vagus nerve and vagus‑nerve stimulation as potential therapeutic avenues, while urging better presurgical mapping and complete excision.

2 Apr 2026

Parkinson's patient shows improvement after DBS at KGMU

A 50-year-old Parkinson's patient with a nearly 25-year disease history showed clinical improvement after deep brain stimulation at King George's Medical University on March 25; the surgery involved KGMU neurosurgeons and visiting experts from NIMHANS.

1 Apr 2026
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