Scientists pinpoint how depression causes brain signals to go haywire - and how they can be rerouted
Researchers at Stanford University have identified the "backward" brain signals that dim joyful emotions in depressed patients.
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Researchers at Stanford University have identified the "backward" brain signals that dim joyful emotions in depressed patients.
Powerful magnetic pulses applied to the scalp to stimulate the brain can bring fast relief to many severely depressed patients for whom standard treatments have failed.
A new study has revealed how magnetic stimulation treats severe depression: by correcting the abnormal flow of brain signals.
A new study revealed that depressed people's brain signals are flowing in the wrong direction. How can this discovery help create a new treatment?
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.