Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, may help improve speech and swallowing problems caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI), ...

Nearly a decade ago, a landmark trial of deep brain stimulation for depression failed to show efficacy. Now researchers are ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Allegheny Health Network have developed a new method for deep brain stimulation. The technique, called "DeepFocus," uses transcranial electrical ...

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 ...

Deep brain stimulation research published in Nature confirms for first time in human tissue that electrical pulses strengthen ...

A study from Emory University School of Medicine suggests that a single 20-minute session of noninvasive deep brain ...

A guitarist in a death metal band was one of several people who found that personalized deep brain stimulation eased their pain and helped them reduce pain medication. A guitarist in a death metal ...

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) can be addressed by the right intervention even in severe, refractory cases. These cases, characterized by involuntary muscle movements, are most often caused by antipsychotics ...

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 ...

Deep brain stimulation is a surgical brain therapy used to treat symptoms of movement disorders such as dystonia, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy. Performing over 100 DBS procedures annually, the ...