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Device allows doctors to target areas in brain affected by d...

It's estimated than nearly 20 million adult Americans are living with major depression. Until now doctors have relied almost exclusively on medication to combat depression. At times that can be either ineffective or worse -- have nega [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 2013 | Comments : 0

Stress, depression can shrink brain

ISLAMABAD: Don't take stress or depression lightly, they can actually shrink the brain and contribute to both emotional and mental degradation, according to a US study. Now researchers have discovered one reason why this occurs - [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Brain Pacemaker Relieves Severe Depression

Brain pacemakers deliver positive long-term effects in severely depressed individuals, according to scientists at the Bonn University Medical Center. Of the eleven participants who took part in the study over a period of two to five ye [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression shows altered brain activity

People in the throes of depression tend to repeatedly dwell on negative thoughts or memories, showing different patterns of brain activity as compared to healthy individuals. Some individuals have a tendency to recall broader categor [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Pilot Study Finds Deep Brain Stimulation Eases Depression

A recently published multi-center pilot study supports use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for major depressive disorder for people who have not responded to more traditional modes of treatment. The study, conducted at three research f [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression affects brain's 'hate circuit'

Researchers in Britain and China, using brain imaging, found depression frequently seems to uncouple the brain's so-called hate circuit. Jianfeng Feng of the University of Warwick and colleagues used functional magnetic resonance i [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Suicide Brain May Hold Key to Depression

A study that compared the brains of suicide victims to those of people who died suddenly from other causes found key differences in specific brain cells in the white matter of the brain. The finding lends support to the idea that inflamma [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression causes brain damage

Taipei - Taiwan doctors have found that depression can cause brain damage, so it is necessary for patients to take medication to repair the damage and cure their depression. Doctors at the Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital carried out the [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Depressed Moms' Brains Show Muted Response to Babies' Cries

Mothers with major depression show reduced neural activation in response to the cries of their babies compared with nondepressed mothers, according to a new study published online in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. &quo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Brain pacemaker could treat severe cases of depression

The pacemaker treatment is actually a type of deep brain stimulation that the researchers say could be structured to treat patients with the most severe forms of depression. The treatment involves placing a pacemaker type device und [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Brain mechanism for postpartum depression identified

Researchers from University of California at Los Angeles have uncovered a brain mechanism that may be responsible for postpartum depression in women. The team has identified a suspect protein in mice that may promote depression-like beha [...]

Posted On : May, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Depressed people less receptive to feel good chemicals in br...

A new study at the University of Michigan Depression Center has shown that some people suffering from depression have fewer receptors for some of the brain’s ‘feel good’ stress-response chemicals, which could explain why s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Brain stimulation can treat major depression

Electrical stimulation of a particular brain region is reported to be an effective cure for major depression non-responsive to other treatments. Major depression is a serious medical illness and the leading cause of disability in many [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Brain differences mark those with depression risk

People, who have a high family risk of developing depression, had less brain matter on the right side of their brains on par with losses seen in Alzheimer’s disease, US researchers said. Brain scans showed a 28 percent thinning in the [...]