Targeting aberrant learning may improve Parkinson's treatment

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that targeting neuronal signaling controlling aberrant learning in the ...
Kaleido Scope

Right-side deep brain stimulation may preserve verbal fluency in Parkinson’s patients

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham studied the impact of unilateral DBS on verbal fluency in Parkinson’s patients. Findings showed that electrode implants in the left hemisphere of ...
CNN

Does jolting the brain fight deep depression?

Long-term outcome research indicates that deep brain stimulation holds promise for the treatment of intractable major /topics/Depression" class="cnnInlineTopic">depression and obsessive-compulsive ...
UC San Francisco

From Chronic Pain to Parkinson’s, 4 Ways DBS is Changing Care

Electricity is the brain’s language. For a decade, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and philanthropy have enabled UC San Francisco physician-scientists to decipher this language and use ...
News Medical

Ultrasound device enables precise non-invasive stimulation of deep brain regions

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 ...