Over 50 million people in the U.S. live with chronic pain, a third of which have had their entire lives stopped because of it ...

One in six people worldwide suffers from neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, ...

What Is Deep Brain Stimulation? The procedure involves implanting electrodes within areas of the brain for people with movement conditions. "The electrodes produce electrical impulses that affect ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has emerged as a standard of care in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, such as dystonia and ...

Researchers develop TRFS, a non-invasive radio frequency technique that can suppress or excite deep-brain activity to treat depression, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s.

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is being used in a new study funded by the NIH at University of California San Francisco to ...

Deciding if and when to pursue deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be overwhelming for people with Parkinson's disease. While ...

An early-stage clinical trial has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to the cerebellum may aid the recovery of upper limb function after stroke. Researchers studied 12 people with ...

There is still no cure for Parkinson’s disease, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new deep brain stimulator that could benefit patients with the motor condition. On Feb 24, ...

Personalized, adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS) can enhance the control of motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) compared with standard DBS, new research suggests. In a blinded randomized ...

A study has found that precise application of radio waves can change the activity of brain cells in ways that could counter ...