Brain Stimulation

Brain-wave EEG Signature Robustly Predicted Antidepressant Response
Researchers have reported an important step forward in the search for objective biology-based markers on which to base treatment decisions for depression. Amit Etkin, M.D., Ph.D., and Madhukar… Read More
New Approach to Lessen Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia is Based on Brain Circuit Discovery
A research team has advanced an important step toward developing a new way to help lessen negative symptoms in schizophrenia. For the first time, they have generated evidence that malfunctioning in… Read More
Potential Biomarker May Predict Which Depressed Patients Getting CBT Will Have Added Benefit from tDCS Brain Stimulation
In recent years, researchers have been trying to find ways of making an effective treatment for depression even more effective. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a form of talk therapy, has a… Read More
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation May Help Some OCD Patients Who Don’t Respond to Medications or Psychotherapy
Uncontrollable, recurring thoughts and behaviors that characterize obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are experienced by 2% to 3% of people. Yet standard treatments—exposure therapy and medicines… Read More
Different Response Patterns to TMS Treatment for Major Depression Point to Possibility of Individualized Treatments
It may soon be possible to make individualized treatment plans for different subsets of patients with treatment-resistant major depression, using a type of non-invasive brain stimulation therapy… Read More