# Brain stimulation improves depression symptoms, restores brain waves in clinical study

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**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/brain-stimulation-improves-depression-symptoms-restores-brain-waves-in-clinical-study/1790 "2019-03-13T16:05:17Z")\
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> **[Brain stimulation improves depression symptoms, restores brain waves in...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190311125245.htm)**
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> With a weak alternating electrical current sent through electrodes attached to the scalp, researchers successfully targeted a naturally occurring electrical pattern in a specific part of the brain and markedly improved depression symptoms in about 70...

  
With a weak alternating electrical current sent through electrodes attached to the scalp, researchers successfully targeted a naturally occurring electrical pattern in a specific part of the brain and markedly improved depression symptoms in about 70 percent of participants in a clinical study.