Breakthrough in brain stimulation offers cautious hope for depression
Harvard Health Publishing Reports: Quick Summary A dramatically different approach to transcranial magnetic stimulation is promising, but needs further study. If other tools do not help depression, the next line of treatment for some may be a noninvasive form of brain stimulation called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). TMS is helpful in certain cases and has very few side effects. Key Points Researchers from Stanford modified standard TMS techniques to create a novel protocol called Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT).