What happens in the brain when a person experiences the characteristic movement symptoms of Parkinson's disease? Researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medial-lateral electrode position in the right subthalamic nucleus correlated with weight gain, with greater ...

Although conditions such as epilepsy and chronic pain can be treated via nerve-stimulating implanted electrodes, those electrodes are stiff, expensive and require surgery to implant. Scientists have ...

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

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

Scientists present a new design strategy for brain implants, which it used to create a prototype multi-electrode stimulation & recording probe for deep-brain stimulation. At this week’s Design, ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There's an exciting new development in the treatment of severe Parkinson's disease. It's electrical stimulation of the brain called DBS. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reported ...

A new way to stimulate regions deep within the brain using electrodes placed on the scalp has now been developed by researchers. This approach could be used to perform noninvasive deep brain ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The electrical stimulation of neural tissues forms the basis of current and emerging neural prostheses and therapies that can help alleviate symptoms like the intrusive tremors ...