Effective new target for mood-boosting brain stimulation found
Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 14:53
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found an effective target in the brain for electrical stimulation to improve mood in people suffering from depression. Stimulation of a brain region called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) reliably produced acute improvement in mood in patients who suffered from depression at the start of the study.