This area of the brain is known to be responsible for controlling our
personality and helps us perform what are known as executive functions – the
ability to sort out conflicting thoughts oif what is good and bad.
In people suffering from depression, this area of the brain often has lower
than normal levels of activity.
By using daily half hour sessions of stimulation from the magnets in this
machine, psychiatrists can increase the activity and help get people out of
the destructive cycle of depression.
Previously TMS has been used by scientists as a way of understanding how our
brain is wired, but now they are also now starting to explore how to use it
to treat other conditions including Alzheimer’s
Disease, schizophrenia and to overcome tinnitus.
