One of the most promising aspects of this work is the ability to individualize stimulation based on each patient’s own brain anatomy. That level of precision could become inc ...

Persons with Parkinson's disease increasingly lose their mobility over time and are eventually unable to walk. Hope for these patients rests on deep brain stimulation, also known as a brain pacemaker.

Deep brain stimulation is an effective treatment for motor symptoms in patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease. While ultimately regarded as safe, DBS can yield noticeable ...

When most people hear the words “brain surgery,” they recoil. I did too.

PARKINSON’S disease patients described restored autonomy after STN-DBS, while still fearing symptom recurrence in daily life ...

Deciding if and when to pursue deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be overwhelming for people with Parkinson's disease. While DBS is one of the most effective interventions for movement symptoms, it's ...

7NEWS cameras were inside the clinic to witness the moment Walter Grkovic became the first patient in Australia to receive adaptive deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson’s disease. “It’s great, ...

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 ...

Pacemakers are little gizmos that are implanted under the skin in the chest that deliver small electrical pulses to keep your ...

(Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images) Every year, more than 2 million people in the United States are diagnosed with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The adaptive deep brain stimulation technology is the first of its kind to address symptoms of Parkinson’s ...

FOX 5’s top stories include a look at deep brain stimulation, a device described as working like a “pacemaker for the brain” ...