Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis say they created a fiber-optic device that can manipulate neural activity ...

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

Parkinson's disease is fundamentally a breakdown in the functioning of a part of the brain called the basal ganglia, robbing ...

Fiber-optic technology revolutionized the telecommunications industry and may soon do the same for brain research.

Doctors noticed an instant improvement in Parkinson’s disease patient Denise Bacon’s mobility during the procedure, known as ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a ...

If you have a brain, and if you know others who do, then you know there’s a catastrophic catalogue of ways that our skull-socket electro-fat computers can disappoint their owners. From memory-loss to ...

At lecture, Helen Mayberg presented findings showing electrical impulses in the brain can induce long-term benefits in patients.

A 65-year-old British woman with Parkinson's disease underwent deep brain stimulation surgery while awake. During the ...

“Images and videos of musicians playing instruments like a clarinet during deep brain stimulation remind us of the extraordinary power of modern therapies for Parkinson’s disease,” Michael S. Okun, co ...