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Brain stimulation may relieve depression symptoms

Researchers found that most stimulation locations produced no effect on volunteers' mood. Researchers then used mild electrical current to systematically disrupt brain activity in candidates. (Photo: ... read more

Treatment Helps Patients Find Relief From Depression

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A treatment is helping patients with depression who aren’t finding relief with medication ... Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. UnityPoint’s Penn Mental Health started offering th... read more

How Electric Brain Stimulation Relieves Depression

For many people who don’t respond to standard antidepressant treatment, electric brain stimulation — known as vagus nerve stimulation — has been shown to effectively relieve severe symptoms of depress... read more

Deep brain stimulation provides long-term relief from severe depressions

Treatment with deep brain stimulation can provide lasting relief to patients suffering from previously non-treatable, severe forms of depression several years into the therapy or even eliminate sympto... read more

Pacemaker for the brain is part of an experimental PTSD treatment

But a team of researchers in Toronto believes deep brain stimulation, which is sometimes described as a pacemaker for the brain, may hold the key to their relief ... their lives and involves multiple ... read more

Emory first in U.S. to treat epilepsy with deep brain stimulation since commercial approval

The Emory Brain Health Center has treated the nation’s first patient with deep brain stimulation ... it relieves involuntary muscle contractions and twisting movements. DBS can also be used to treat o... read more

Chennai: Optimised deep brain stimulation to treat patients battling depression

But for those who experience treatment-resistant depression (TRD), standard medications and therapies tend to provide little to no relief. This is where treatment technologies such as Deep Brain Stimu... read more

Brain-zapping implants that fight depression are inching closer to reality

Like seismic sensors planted in quiet ground, hundreds of tiny electrodes rested in the outer layer of the 44-year-old woman’s brain ... stimulation of lateral orbitofrontal cortex acutely improves mo... read more

Brain Stimulation Relieves Depression With Fewer Side Effects

... condition of depression or as a result of medications taken to relieve depression. A new study discovers that magnetic stimulation of the frontal lobe of the brain can alleviate symptoms of depres... read more