Depression

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Seonglae Cho

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2021 Oct 5 14:9

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Seonglae Cho

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2024 Mar 7 13:13

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Researchers treat depression by reversing brain signals traveling the wrong way

A new study led by Stanford Medicine researchers is the first to reveal how magnetic stimulation treats severe depression: by correcting the abnormal flow of brain signals.

Researchers treat depression by reversing brain signals traveling the wrong way

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/05/depression-reverse-brain-signals.html

Researchers treat depression by reversing brain signals traveling the wrong way

Electrical brain implant Treatment

Woman successfully treated for depression with electrical brain implant

A woman with severe depression has been successfully treated with an experimental brain implant in a "stunning" advance that offers hope to those with intractable mental illness. The device works by detecting patterns of brain activity linked to depression and automatically interrupting them using tiny pulses of electrical stimulation delivered deep inside the brain.

Woman successfully treated for depression with electrical brain implant

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/oct/04/woman-successfully-treated-for-depression-with-electrical-brain-implant?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

Woman successfully treated for depression with electrical brain implant

Nasally-Injected Brain Drug Can Help Treat Depression in 20 Minutes

Imagine feeling down. And fixing it with a nasal spray. Something like this could happen in the near future thanks to researchers in Japan who've substantially strengthened an effective nasally-injected anti-depressant brain drug, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Controlled Release .

Nasally-Injected Brain Drug Can Help Treat Depression in 20 Minutes

https://interestingengineering.com/nasally-injected-brain-drug-can-help-treat-depression-in-20-minutes

Nasally-Injected Brain Drug Can Help Treat Depression in 20 Minutes

Neuroscientists have created a mood decoder that can measure depression

Skip to Content Researchers implanted 14 electrodes into the brains of volunteers with depression. One says it saved his life. John's life changed forever when he broke up with his girlfriend. The breakup sent him into a downward spiral, and led to his first depressive episode when he was 27 years old.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/14/1064906/mood-decoder-measure-depression/

Neuroscientists have created a mood decoder that can measure depression

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