Brain implants that deliver electric pulses can ease depression in people who aren't responding to psychiatric drugs, a new study says. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI Brain implants that deliver ...

The research constitutes some of the first evidence that the condition is associated with modifications in the brain before childbirth. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck covers maternal mental health and ...

Scientists have discovered a cellular clue that may explain fatigue in depression and could revolutionize early diagnosis.

For the first time, Americans with depression will soon be able to use a prescription brain-stimulation device at home. The approval comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and marks a major ...

A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating ...

Meet Jon Nelson. He’s a dad, a husband, a coach and a professional who works in marketing. But underneath it all, he suffered – for years – from severe depression. His suffering was so great that he ...

The effects of depression may infiltrate your very bones – and conversely, your bones may send penetrating messages all the way back to your brain. This two-way street is a captivating new field of ...

Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Themes. She receives Royalties from Cambridge University Press for Brain ...

"If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't." — Emerson M. Pugh.

Brain implants that deliver electric pulses can ease depression in people who aren't responding to psychiatric drugs, a new study says. Half of a small group of people who received brain implants ...