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Listen to a fascinating podcast series on deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a potential treatment for severe depression. In this six-part podcast from Science News, host Laura Sanders interviews several patients who have undergone this experimental treatment for their depression and received quite miraculous results. Neurologist Helen Mayberg, who led the first pilot study of deep brain stimulation, also joins the podcast to explain what DBS is and how it affects parts of the brain associated with depression. Jon Nelson is the main patient that is followed in this podcast, and he articulates what his depression was like before the surgery, and what his life was like after. The podcast touches upon whether DBS changes a person's identity and other interesting questions that come up when electrodes are consistently applied to the brain.