The depression can be treated with the help of electricity

A team of researchers has proven that electrical stimulation of the brain can be an effective way to treat depression.

During the course of the study, his findings were published on November 29 in the journal . Current Biology, researchers from the University of California, studied the status of 25 epilepsy patients diagnosed with varying degrees of depression: mild to severe

Participants received Electrical stimulation in the brain and his mood was controlled by a special questionnaire

The use of electricity to stimulate the affected brain regions proved to be an effective treatment for the treatment of certain forms of epilepsy and . Parkinson's disease but efforts to develop brain stimulation therapy for depression have not been successful so far

. Previous efforts have focused on the stimulation of deep brain regions of the cingulate cortex and basal ganglia that play a direct role in the treatment of emotions, but the regulatory functions of emotion in the orbitofrontal cortex are poorly known. , a small area on the lower surface of the brain, located above the eyes.

"We found that unilateral stimulation of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex produced a dose-dependent and dose-dependent improvement in patients with depression," study. "The more we know about brain circuit depression, the more we can offer patients effective treatments with a low risk of side effects," he said.