Now, researchers have developed an online decision-making tool to help patients understand the implants and boost their ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment for various neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It involves surgically implanting an electrode into your ...

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 ...

What is Deep Brain Stimulation for depression? Discover how the TRANSCEND trial at UT Southwestern is using "brain pacemakers" to treat treatment-resistant depression by targeting neural communication ...

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

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 ...

Prefrontal cortex biopsies taken for research purposes during deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedures appeared to be safe, new research has suggested. Investigators found no significant differences in ...

University of Oklahoma Health is using innovative procedures and technology to improve the lives of patients with movement disorders and other neurological conditions, according to a press release. OU ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Offering asleep or awake DBS aims to provide PD patients choice, impetus for choosing DBS therapy sooner.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves many of the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and is a life-alerting surgery for many patients. Penn Medicine's Gordon Baltuch, MD, a professor of ...