PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for treating brain fatigue and/or depression which can be applied to a wide variety of depressive patients ranging from mild to severe without implanting a member into the body of each of the patients and to provide a use method therefor.SOLUTION: An apparatus 1 for treating brain fatigue and/or depression includes: a low-frequency generating circuit 115 for generating an amplitude-modulated low-frequency current having a frequency range of 1,000±10 Hz and having a gradually increasing rectangular alternate waveform, and a frequency-modulated low-frequency current having a frequency range of 1-60 Hz an electrode 16 to be energized with the low-frequency currents generated by the low-frequency generating circuit 115 a conductor 3 having a case portion for accommodating the electrode 16 and a water circulator 4 for allowing hot/cold water 12 in the case portion. The apparatus stimulates a vagus nerve to recover the work of a parasympathetic nerve.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】 患者の体内に部材を移植する必要がなく、軽度から重度の幅広いうつ患者に適用できる脳疲労及び/又はうつ治療装置およびその使用方法を提供する。【解決手段】 脳疲労及び/又はうつ治療装置1は、周波数が1,000±10Hzの範囲内であって、振幅変調された漸増直角交替波形の低周波電流、および周波数が1~60Hzの範囲内であって、周波数変調された低周波電流を生成する低周波発生回路115と、前記低周波発生回路115により生成された低周波電流が通電される電極16と、前記電極16を収容するケース部を有する導子3と、前記ケース部内に湯水12を循環させる湯水循環装器4とを備え、迷走神経を刺激し、副交感神経の働きを回復させる。【選択図】 図5
