Woman successfully treated for depression with electrical brain implant
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#5QANV)
Stunning' neuroscientific advance gives hope to those with mental illness not helped with drugs
A woman with severe depression has been successfully treated with an experimental brain implant in a stunning" advance that offers hope to those with intractable mental illness.
The device works by detecting patterns of brain activity linked to depression and automatically interrupting them using tiny pulses of electrical stimulation delivered deep inside the brain.
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