An experimental treatment for depression that triggers seizures with magnets significantly improved mental health in patients ...

run from the brain through the neck to the internal organs (Getty via WashU Medicine) This type of vagus nerve stimulation device was approved for treatment-resistant depression nearly two decades ...

Medtronic is the originator of continuous deep brain stimulation (cDBS), which has been available for decades as a proven ...

Science Photo Library A brain scan showing how a depressed brain has less electrical stimulation than a brain without depression The National Institute for Clinical Excellence said experts advised ...

A year of nerve stimulation therapy ... treatment-resistant depression. Nearly 500 participants, many unable to work due to their condition, received devices that stimulate the vagus nerve—a critical ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about neuroscience and its intersection with technology. Deep brain stimulation is a surgically implantable medical device that ...

Stimulating either of a pair of crucial nerves that carry messages from the brain to several major organs could be an effective way to treat people with severe depression ... which participants who ...

among patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), according to two studies published online Dec. 18 in Brain Stimulation. Charles R. Conway, M.D., from Washington University in St. Louis ...

Reti IM, Schwarz N, Bower A, Tibbs M, Rao­ V (2015). Transcranial magnetic stimulation: a potential new treatment for depression associated with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 29: 789-97. Brain ...