Neuroscience & Mental Health · Recorded milestone
Closed-loop brain therapy
Recorded year2021
Implants sense mood circuits and stimulate them to treat depression.
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Led to
- Fully implanted speech BCIRecorded · 2026enables
- Spinal stimulation restores movementForecast · ~2027enables
- Depression treatable for almost allForecast · ~2046enables
- Surgery without going underForecast · ~2046enables
- Non-addictive strong painkillersForecast · ~2048enables
- Precision mental-health careForecast · ~2050enables
- Chronic pain switched offForecast · ~2056enables
- Memory-restoring implantsForecast · ~2060enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.