Deep brain stimulation is a surgical brain therapy used to treat symptoms of movement disorders such as dystonia, Parkinson’s ...

Discover why this treatment is rapidly expanding for different conditions, and explore its promising benefits and ongoing ...

A new study led by Bucknell University Professor Karlo Malaga, biomedical engineering, has identified key insights into optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease patients.

Learn how deep brain stimulation – like a pacemaker for the brain – is helping patients with neurologic conditions like ...

An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

The device can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery and could transform the treatment of Parkinson's ...

The FDA approved Medtronic's BrainSense Adaptive DBS for Parkinson's, offering personalized therapy through automatic adjustments to patients' needs. The ADAPT-PD trial validated aDBS's safety and ...

In 2006, Wolfgang Jäger was in his 30s when a skiing accident left the young Austrian wheelchair-bound from a spinal cord injury. Fast-forward to today, where an innovative deep-brain stimulation ...

Craig Dornte's seizures were taking a punishing toll on his life. The sudden bursts of electrical activity in his brain often left him unconscious, and they could strike at any time. He'd gotten ...