Not exact matches
As with
antidepressants, the electricity likely is
changing the brain's chemistry, says rTMS pioneer Eric Wassermann, chief of the Brain Stimulation Unit at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Md..
The team had expected to find
changes in many genes involved in serotonin signaling, a process targeted by some popular
antidepressants such
as Prozac.
Antidepressants have been hailed
as miracle drug rock stars and vilified
as brain -
changing happy pills.
Slow - onset adaptive
changes that arise from sustained
antidepressant treatment, such
as enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis and increased trophic factor expression, play a key role in the
If these
changes do nt help, ask your doc if your sleeplessness might be a side effect of meds youre taking, such
as a stimulant, an
antidepressant, or a blood pressure medication.
These behavioral
changes were associated with alterations in the GABA system of the brain in the probiotic group, matching the known effects of
antidepressant or anxiolytic chemical agents (for example, anxiolytic agents such
as benzodiazepines work at GABA receptors)[91].
Another meta - analysis reached similar conclusions about the equivalence of CBT and BT1 and a recent large - scale clinical trial of BT showed that it was
as effective
as antidepressant medication for depression.3 While BT and CBT were equally
as effective for lower - levels of depression severity, patients with severe depression specifically benefited more from BT than CBT.3 Behavioural activation, which involves graded activity and goal scheduling, is the central component of BT for depression and may be related to a more general mechanism of
change that is operating in many different treatments for depression, especially CBT.