A research team led in part by two BBRF grantees has reported initial success in using a novel, highly personalized, and technologically advanced treatment approach to relieve symptoms in a single ...

Abbott has launched a pivotal clinical trial to see if its deep-brain stimulation approach can make headway against treatment-resistant depression. The company previously collected green lights for ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves stimulating certain parts of your brain with implanted electrodes. It’s a promising treatment for treatment-resistant OCD. The main treatments for OCD are talk ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure that entails the delivery of high-frequency electrical impulses to ...

What is deep brain stimulation? Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is a concept that dates back 70 years, but has only been in clinical use since the 1990s. The DBS device, or implant, is much like a ...

Deep-brain stimulation of a novel brain region can be safely performed in patients with Parkinson's disease dementia, and although it may not improve cognition, it does appear to have benefits on ...

Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn't stop seizures for everyone and ...

If deep brain stimulation (DBS) can help people with Parkinson’s disease walk and speak again, could it help people with Alzheimer’s disease, too? It’s a natural question, and one that researchers are ...

Medicare covers deep brain stimulation (DBS) for eligible people diagnosed with essential tremors or idiopathic Parkinson’s disease to help reduce tremors and improve daily activities. To qualify for ...

Parkinson's disease is fundamentally a breakdown in the functioning of a part of the brain called the basal ganglia, robbing ...

New research suggests that paralyzed patients could regain some degree of movement — perhaps even walk again. In a study led by EPFL (Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne) and Lausanne ...