{"id":348671,"date":"2021-10-05T19:29:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brain-implant-eases-womans-depression-by-zapping-her-with-electricity\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T19:29:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:29:52","slug":"brain-implant-eases-womans-depression-by-zapping-her-with-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brain-implant-eases-womans-depression-by-zapping-her-with-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brain implant eases woman&#8217;s depression by zapping her with electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Brain implant eases woman&#8217;s depression by z<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing her with electricity<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F10%2FUntitled-design-1.jpg&amp;signature=7d12fcd1e24a495dc2fe9cbcc4cc9cd4\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">A woman with severe depression says her life has turned around after treatment with an experimental brain implant.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old has been fitted with a system that\u2019s been described as a \u201cpacemaker for the brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/wkot1zfukh?videoFoam=true&amp;autoPlay=true\" title=\"\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco surgically implanted the matchbox-sized device in the patient\u2019s skull more than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>The system then began searching for neural signals of depression. Once these patterns were recognized, the device stimulated a different area of the brain circuit to relieve her mood symptoms.<\/p>\n<p><span>Sarah, who asked to be known by only her first name, said the approach has had long-lasting effects:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before I had the device, the emotions, the darkness were overwhelming. Now I just get up and I get on with my day. For me, the device has been an amazing blessing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The system harnesses a technique called deep brain stimulation (DBS). The approach had previously proven effective at treating Parkinson\u2019s disease and epilepsy, but success in treating depression had been limited.<\/p>\n<p>A major barrier is that depression appears to involve various areas of the brain that differ between individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers overcame this hurdle by analyzing the correlations between Sarah\u2019s mood and brain activity.<\/p>\n<p>They discovered that a specific pattern of neural activity emerged when she became depressed.<\/p>\n<p>They then customized the DBS device to only respond when it recognizes this biomarker. When this occurs, the implant sends electric pulses to the part of the brain that elicits a positive mood response from Sarah. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Personalized Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy (DBS)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XCY8uQr2LKo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This stimulation \u201cresulted in a rapid and sustained improvement in depression,\u201d the researchers wrote in their <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-021-01480-w\">study paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The team acknowledges that their approach has only proven to be effective on one patient so far, but their study may be a landmark moment in the treatment of depression.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greetings Humanoids! 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