Depression is a chemical imbalance to be managed with pills. The culprit was thought to be serotonin. The serotonin theory of ...

Earlier this week, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a human trial for a blueberry-sized brain ...

While many brain-computer interface companies are focused on helping paralyzed people communicate, Motif Neurotech is ...

A device the size of a blueberry is hypothesized to give people with treatment-resistant depression another option — and the FDA is giving its Houston maker a chance to test it.

Depression Awareness Month (October) began in the 1990s to increase public recognition of one of the most common mental health disorders. Nearly four decades have passed, and we still have a lot to ...

The FDA has authorized the first human trial of a brain-computer interface designed to treat severe, treatment-resistant depression. Created by Motif Neurotech, the small implant works with a wireless ...

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Depression in older adults may sometimes signal the early stages of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Researchers found that depression often appears years before diagnosis and remains ...

Scientists seeded this petri plate with KLE1738 and bacteria from human stool. KLE1738 is dependent upon gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter found in mammalian central ...

Depression can affect every part of your life, from your ability to focus at work to simply getting through the day. But when ...