For decades, treating major depression has involved a frustrating cycle of trial and error, with patients cycling through medications and therapies while clinicians rely on symptoms and intuition more ...

Elevated pallidal beta power may serve as a biomarker for depression in Parkinson’s disease, paving the way for targeted DBS ...

At Stanford, a treatment that aims magnetic pulses at the brain is showing results for people with treatment-resistant depression. It’s called SAINT, and here’s how it works.

Deep brain stimulation – implants in the brain that act as a kind of 'pacemaker' – has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an 'open ...

The research team has developed an improved version of the electrical stimulation device used in 'Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy (DBS), ' a technology that applies electrical stimulation to the brain ...

Patients with depression are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, and a new study suggests that stress may help explain why. Research from Mass General Brigham suggests that this increased risk ...

Researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Research Centre have identified two specific types of brain cells that show altered gene activity in people with depression. The findings, published in ...

Recent medical research indicates that the heightened risk of heart disease observed in patients with depression or anxiety ...

A research team at Université Laval may have discovered why physical exercise and living in favorable socioeconomic ...

Scientists have pinpointed specific neurons and microglia, crucial for emotion and inflammation, as key players in depression. This breakthrough, using advanced brain tissue analysis, reveals ...