At-home brain stimulation therapy can safely and effectively treat severe to moderate depression, a new clinical trial shows. Rates of treatment response and de
The therapy is called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), in which a current of between 0.5 to 2 milliampere is applied to thescalpthrough two electrodes. This amount of electricity causes at most a slight tingling sensation along the scalp. The stimulation was self-administered by pat...
at-home brain stimulation therapy can safely and effectively treat severe to moderate depression , a new clinical trial shows. rates of treatment response and depression remission were three times higher in people receiving the noninvasive brain stimulation, researchers said. “the study...
Treatment with tDCS is a potential alternative to brain stimulation options that either require in-patient hospitalization or sometimes weeks of daily visits for in-clinic treatments. The latter two stimulation technologies are known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (...
BrainA remote clinical trial involving more than 150 people has shown that an experimental treatment for depression - which uses a swimming-cap-like device to gently stimulate the brain - can be effective when carried out at home. The non-invasive therapy, known as transcranial direct current ...
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) electrodes are positioned within (or adjacent to) white matter fiber tracts in a brain of patient. The DBS electrodes may be positioned near one or more stimulation sites within the white matter fiber tracts. The stimulation sites may be selected based on the disord...
"tDCS treatment is cost-effective, portable and can be seamlessly integrated with existing mental health therapies or used as a standalone intervention," Hausman said. "Its potential for at-home self-administration would further expand accessibility and reduce personnel costs, making it a promising ...
According to the project’s website, the Picostim system is especially suitable for DBS therapy in this application: “The advanced capabilities of Picostim DyNeuMo-1 allow for personalised and adaptive stimulation regimes according to seizure patterns and circadian (wake/sleep) rhythms at an ...
were randomly assigned to receive 8 weeks of cortical stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) area of the brain, which appears to play a role in depression, or to get "sham" stimulation. Those receiving the sham treatment were then switched over to active therapy. ...
At least a day later, the mice were habituated wearing the miniature microscope in their home cage for 30 minutes for 4–5 days. To record mouse behavior in the home cage, we used an overhead monochrome camera (GigE Vision, Basler AG), which we synchronized with the miniature microscope...