4–9 Stress and the Brain Stress affects the brain profoundly, with potential sex-specific differences in neurotransmitter activity, synaptic plasticity, and the risk of neurodegeneration.
Common triggers of brain zaps include moving the eyes and head, stress, and tiredness. What brain zaps feel like can vary, but some people feel woozy and hear noises like a swish or woosh.
In 2023, since a brain implant allowed a paralysed man to walk at a research institute in Switzerland, a flurry of research is continuing in this field. Elon Musk’s Neuralink recently got ...