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2. Nerve-stimulation therapy can get people out of severe depression

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   Nerve-stimulation therapy can greatly improve symptoms of severe, treatment-resistant depression, a new clinical trial shows.. The results of the trial, published last month in a pair of studies ...

3. Vagus nerve stimulation may relieve treatment-resistant ... - AOL

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   Vagus nerve stimulation can also increase the release of important brain chemicals such as serotonin and norepinephrine, which help regulate mood and are typically low in people with depression ...

4. Vagus nerve stimulation - Wikipedia

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   Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve. It is used as an add-on treatment for certain types of intractable epilepsy , cluster headaches, treatment-resistant depression and stroke rehabilitation.

5. Management of depression - Wikipedia

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   Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) uses an implanted electrode and generator to deliver electrical pulses to the vagus nerve, one of the primary nerves emanating from the brain. It is an approved therapy for treatment-resistant depression in the EU and US and is sometimes used as an adjunct to existing antidepressant treatment.

6. Neurostimulation - Wikipedia

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   Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has shown benefits for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, tremor and dystonia and other neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, chronic pain and cluster headache. DBS can directly change the brain activity in a controlled manner and is hence used ...

7. Neuromodulation (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) [27] Hypoglossal nerve stimulation, an option for some patients who have obstructive sleep apnea [28] Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) for the treatment of incontinence. Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS, which refers to simulation of nerves beyond the spine or brain, and may be considered to include ...