Hardware that buzzes the brain at the right moments could help treat debilitating mental disorders By: MIT Technology Review - 09/2015 - page 43 By: Amanda Schaffer One of the most audacious projects funded last year under the Obama administration’s BRAIN initiative aims to intervene in mental disorders using an electrical brain interface. The plan is to develop a system that both senses and modulates abnormal electrical activity, in hope of helping patients with conditions ranging from severe anxiety to post-traumatic stress disorder. Rikky Muller, an Israeli-born entrepreneur and the cofounder of Cortera Neurotechnologies, is designing the implantable hardware intended to interact directly with the brain. Read the entire article at: http://www.technologyreview.com/lists/innovators-under-35/2015/entrepreneur/rikky-muller Links: Treating brain disorders using implants http://www.mercurynews.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=6108229 Cortera Neurotechnologies http://corteraneuro.com Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders http://corteraneuro.com/products/medical-devices