An Allegheny Health Network research team is among the first to pioneer a treatment for opioid addiction that targets how addiction affects the brain. By using a technique called deep brain ...
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 ...
European approval introduces the world's only closed-loop DBS system with real-time, self-adjusting brain stimulation for people with Parkinson's disease For 30 years, people with Parkinson's disease ...
A new study led by Bucknell University Professor Karlo Malaga, biomedical engineering, has identified key insights into optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease patients.
Emily Hollenbeck struggled with recurring depression, comparing it to a gravitational force that made even moving difficult. In pursuit of relief, she opted for an experimental treatment referred to ...
Catheter-based polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) enables high-resolution intraoperative visualization of deep brain structures, offering a powerful complement to MRI for ...
We don’t think of ourselves as anything like electrical devices, but there are actually some similarities. Really? The nervous system communicates through electricity. Wait—doesn’t the body run on ...
On Monday, the FDA approved Medtronic plc’s (NYSE:MDT) BrainSense Adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) and BrainSense Electrode Identifier (EI) for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Deep brain ...
After imaging is completed, the patient is brought to the operating room (OR). While the patient is in asemisitting position, the patient's head is shaved, thoroughly cleansed, and prepped for surgery ...
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