Effective treatments for people with serious depression who have not been helped by antidepressant medications have novel ...

Various diseases can be treated by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrical signals. However, this technique does not always work. A study has now shown: The electrical signals must be ...

A non-invasive form of treatment for clinical depression is hoping to provide even faster results thanks to new research.

Synchronizing vagus nerve stimulation with natural body rhythms, such as the heartbeat and breathing, significantly improves ...

Being able to noninvasively stimulate the deep brain without stimulating shallow regions is a key goal of non-invasive ...

Now, a new crop of buzzy non-invasive VNS gadgets promises to relieve stress, sharpen focus and improve sleep in mere minutes ...

Some health problems, including chronic pain, inflammation and neurological diseases, can be treated by nerve stimulation, ...

From the ancient Egyptians' use of electric fish to treat headaches to the invention of pacemakers to regulate heart rhythms ...

The device stimulates the nerve, which in turn sends electrical pulses to areas of the brain associated ... effectiveness of nerve-stimulation therapy for severe depression, both alone and as ...

A with psychiatry and behavioral sciences professor Alik Widge, a lead author of the University of Minnesota study.

Researchers have developed a flexible, biodegradable electrode capable of stimulating neural precursor cells (NPCs) in the ...

Electroconvulsive therapy was arguably the first treatment for serious depression ... is also a brain stimulation treatment but delivers much smaller bursts of electrical energy using magnetic ...