What Is Deep Brain Stimulation? The procedure involves implanting electrodes within areas of the brain for people with movement conditions. "The electrodes produce electrical impulses that affect ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 79-year-old local artist with Parkinson's Disease is returning to his craft after a life-changing brain stimulation surgery. Bill Daggett is one of about one million people with Parkinson’s in the ...

Baylen is worried about undergoing a deep brain stimulation procedure to help with her tics Baylen Dupree is saying “hell no” to a potential treatment for her Tourette syndrome. In PEOPLE's exclusive ...

For years, Denise Holtzinger struggled with the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s Disease. Simple tasks like walking or using her hands became nearly impossible as tremors took over her body. But ...

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) 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 ...

Abby had to resign from her job and suspend her college career because the tics and OCD became too severe. Now she's going ...

London - The doctors prepared to carry out the brain surgery, their medical tools laid out. Their patient, wide awake on the operating table, was given an instrument of her own: her clarinet, which ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...