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, ...
A helmet that looks more like sports gear than surgical equipment is quietly rewriting what is possible in brain medicine. By ...
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease by modulating a specific brain network that is ...
An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Oxford, opening up new possibilities for ...
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 ...
Deep brain stimulation is a surgical brain therapy used to treat symptoms of movement disorders such as dystonia, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy. Performing over 100 DBS procedures annually, the ...
For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.