Two studies show positive treatment effect and improved quality of life among patients with treatment-resistant depression.

Vagus nerve stimulation therapy improved the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression for nearly 500 participants in a major clinical trial.

It makes me feel good.” This anecdotal evidence prompted the device maker to begin marketing its vagus nerve stimulator as an innovative treatment for depression. The accidental discovery ...

An international team of researchers conducted a clinical trial on 493 adults whose major depression hadn't previously ...

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A vagus nerve stimulation device was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nearly two decades ago for treatment-resistant depression, but it has not become widely available.

The trial was investigating the use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS ... Meanwhile, VNS is being investigated as a potential treatment for many other neurologic, immunologic, and additional ...

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is already being used to treat certain cases of treatment-resistant depression ... there are ...

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (TVNS ... the benefit of TVNS was documented at the end of an 8-week treatment period as well through follow-up lasting an additional 12 weeks ...

Modulating SUMOylation-;either through vagal nerve stimulation or treatment with ... whether stimulating the vagus nerve could affect SUMOylation and set off a natural anti-inflammatory response ...

Nearly 20 years ago, knowing all other options had failed, Nick’s sister, a nurse, recommended he check out a new treatment called vagus nerve stimulation, or VNS. The US Food and Drug ...