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A team of researchers has obtained encouraging results in a small pilot study testing a completely new way of treating major depression. The team was led by Francisco Romo-Nava, M.D., Ph.D., of the…
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Testing a New Way to Precisely Target and Predict the Impact of TMS Brain Stimulation for Depression
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As non-invasive brain stimulation—variations of TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)—continues to evolve and is administered to a growing number of patients with depression (and other illnesses,…
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Researchers say they have identified an objective biomarker of recovery in major depression that in a small cohort of treatment-resistant patients was able (on an ongoing basis) to capture whether…
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![Rapid-Acting Brain Stimulation Method May Reduce Major Depression by Reversing Information Flow Between Brain Regions Rapid-Acting Brain Stimulation Method May Reduce Major Depression by Reversing Information Flow Between Brain Regions](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/brainstimulationtreatmentresistantdepression-1440_0.jpeg?itok=dc-0lMvo)
In their efforts to understand the beneficial effects of SAINT, an important new fast-acting brain stimulation treatment for refractory major depression, researchers now think they understand why it…
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Over the last decade, rTMS (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation), a form of non-invasive brain stimulation, has become a first-line treatment option for depressed patients, including those…
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