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It may soon be possible to make individualized treatment plans for different subsets of patients with treatment-resistant major depression, using a type of non-invasive brain stimulation therapy…
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Luck, Hard Work...and Crucially Timed BBRF Grants
There is a moment in the career of Mark S. George, M.D., that he thinks of as lucky. It changed the course of his life and—though he could not have…
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![What Is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Treatment and How Well does It Work?](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/neuroncellsnetworkconcept-1440-short_0.jpg?itok=X3htBAnL)
“The basics of TMS treatment are simple,” says Dr. Mark George, who performed research for more than a decade that led to its approval for treatment-resistant depression in 2008. “You have a patient…
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![More Rapid Form of Brain Stimulation for Resistant Depression Worked as Well as Conventional TMS](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/womanagainstwindowunemotional-1440_0.jpg?itok=fssdqcfM)
Since 2008, when transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it has been available to people whose depression has resisted conventional…
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![Two-coil Array for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/scientificprogress-1440.jpg?itok=z8T43Fek)
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), a therapy in which electromagnetic fields are pulsed through a coil placed on the scalp, can produce antidepressant effects in individuals who are…
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