For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

CLEVELAND — Standing before his community orchestra, 70-year-old Rand Laycock continues to conduct with renewed confidence after receiving innovative treatment for his Parkinson's disease symptoms.

“To the best of our team's knowledge, this project represents the first time an Alabama medical center has examined deep brain stimulation for depression,” said Matthew Macaluso, D.O., director of the ...

Discover why deep brain stimulation may be safer than expected and how large scale data could change surgical decision making ...

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 ...

Deep brain stimulation enhances memory, may ease Alzheimer's symptoms. Feb. 8, 2012— -- A new study suggests that driving electricity deep into the brain can boost memory, shedding light on a ...

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 ...

Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) provides lasting benefits for patients with moderate-to-advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD), with sustained improvements in movement and quality of ...

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 ...

An early-stage clinical trial has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to the cerebellum may aid the recovery of upper limb function after stroke. Researchers studied 12 people with ...