UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been used for more than three decades to treat motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Deep brain stimulation—implants in the brain that act as a kind of "pacemaker"—has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an open-label ...

Researchers have developed a noninvasive way to reduce movement problems in people with Parkinson’s disease by applying ...

Deep brain stimulation – implants in the brain that act as a kind of 'pacemaker' – has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an 'open ...

Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) provides lasting benefits for patients with moderate-to-advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD), with sustained improvements in movement and quality of ...

Brain stimulation techniques can correct abnormal activity in the neural circuits involved in conditions such as Parkinson's ...

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 ...

Pacemakers are little gizmos that are implanted under the skin in the chest that deliver small electrical pulses to keep your ...

An Ohio music conductor is using deep brain stimulation to combat his Parkinson’s disease. Rand Laycock, 70, the director and conductor of a symphony orchestra, was diagnosed just before his 60th ...