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How brain stimulation repairs the depressed brain
21 mai 2026
By Elodie Vaz | Published on May 21, 2026 | 4 min readDepression remains one of the major challenges of contemporary psychiatry. Despite the proven effectiveness of certain treatments, the precise biological mechanisms that allow the brain to recover from a depressive state remain largely unclear. A team from UCLA Health now claims to have reached a major milestone. In a study published on May 7 i
By Elodie Vaz | Published on May 21,
2026 | 4 min read
Depression remains one of the major challenges of contemporary psychiatry. Despite the proven effectiveness of certain treatments, the precise biological mechanisms that allow the brain to recover from a depressive state remain largely unclear. A team from UCLA Health now claims to have reached a major milestone. In a study published on May 7 in Cell, researchers describe for the first time how an accelerated form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) physically repairs brain circuits altered by stress, paving the way for a mechanistic understanding of the antidepressant effects of this therapy.
Depression remains one of the major challenges of contemporary psychiatry. Despite the proven effectiveness of certain treatments, the precise biological mechanisms that allow the brain to recover from a depressive state remain largely unclear. A team from UCLA Health now claims to have reached a major milestone. In a study published on May 7 in Cell, researchers describe for the first time how an accelerated form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) physically repairs brain circuits altered by stress, paving the way for a mechanistic understanding of the antidepressant effects of this therapy.
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