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Neuroimaging technology used to study how brain stimulation works for treatment of depression


Neuroimaging technology used to study how brain stimulation works for treatment of depression
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic waves that pass through the skull and stimulate brain cells to relieve symptoms of depression. The procedure has few side effects and is typically prescribed as an alternative or supplemental therapy when multiple antidepressant medications and/or psychotherapy do not work.
Despite increased use of rTMS in psychiatry, the rates at which patients respond to therapy and experience remission of often-disabling symptoms have been modest at best. ....

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New neuroimaging technique studies brain stimulation for depression


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IMAGE: Shixie Jiang, MD, a third-year psychiatry resident at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, was the lead author for a study using an emerging functional neuroimaging technology, called diffuse.
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TAMPA, Fla. (May 4, 2021) Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic waves that pass through the skull and stimulate brain cells to relieve symptoms of depression. The procedure has few side effects and is typically prescribed as an alternative or supplemental therapy when multiple antidepressant medications and/or psychotherapy do not work. ....

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