Patients who lose the use of their hands and arms after a stroke or traumatic brain injury could regain some function through deep brain stimulation (DBS), new research demonstrates. DBS involves ...

Researchers from Mass General Brigham identified therapeutic targets that may optimize symptom-specific treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Brain circuits associated with symptom improvements of tremor ...

If deep brain stimulation (DBS) can help people with Parkinson’s disease walk and speak again, could it help people with Alzheimer’s disease, too? It’s a natural question, and one that researchers are ...

Parkinson's disease is no longer viewed as a faraway neurological ailment buried in textbooks. More than 10 million people ...

When treatments such as medication and therapy aren’t able to relieve the symptoms of depression or another mental health condition, there are other options available. A psychiatrist might suggest ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Medtronic deep brain stimulation treatment to treat obsessive compulsive disorder – the first deep brain stimulation treatment ...

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.

The ALIC is the part of the Internal Capsule that lies anterior to the genu, located between the head of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus. Its fibers connect the prefrontal cortex and ...

A small feasibility study found that an implanted device regulated by the body's brain activity could provide continual and improved treatment for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) in certain ...

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is one of the most disabling of all psychiatric illnesses. Despite available pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments about 10% of patients remain ...