Ultrasound offers a new way to perform deep brain stimulation
WEBJun 4, 2024 · MIT researchers have now developed an alternative approach that uses ultrasound instead of electricity to perform deep brain stimulation, delivered by a fiber about the thickness of a human hair.
‘The greatest feeling in the world’: Deep brain stimulation helps ...
WEBAug 15, 2023 · For years, Machado has been working with a technology called deep brain stimulation, in which doctors implant electrodes in certain areas of the brain that produce electrical impulses to regulate...
A pacemaker that helped a woman with depression may soon be …
WEBFeb 21, 2024 · Researchers are testing deep brain stimulation as a treatment for people with a severe form of depression. Doctors compare it to a pacemaker for the brain. It involves implanting electrodes in the brain, which are attached to a device placed under the skin in the chest. (Feb. 21) (AP Video: Mary Conlon) Read More. 2 of 11 |.
Brain implants revive cognitive abilities long after traumatic brain ...
WEBDec 4, 2023 · A new technique using deep brain stimulation tailored to each patient exceeded researchers’ expectations in treating the cognitive impairments from moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Cognition During Chronic …
WEBDec 4, 2023 · Five people who had life-altering, seemingly irreversible cognitive deficits following moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries showed substantial improvements in their cognition and quality of life after receiving an experimental form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a phase 1 clinical trial.
Deep Brain Stimulation News and Research - News-Medical.net
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure used to treat a variety of disabling neurological symptoms—most commonly the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), such as...
Cleveland Clinic Study Shows Deep Brain Stimulation …
WEBAug 14, 2023 · A first-in-human trial of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for post-stroke rehabilitation patients by Cleveland Clinic researchers has shown that using DBS to target the dentate nucleus – which regulates fine-control of voluntary movements, cognition, language, and sensory functions in the brain – is safe and feasible.
Technology of deep brain stimulation: current status and future ...
WEBNov 26, 2020 · Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure that allows targeted circuit-based neuromodulation and has become a standard of care in a range of movement disorders.
Deep brain stimulation - Mayo Clinic
WEBDeep brain stimulation involves making small holes in the skull to implant the electrodes into brain tissue. The procedure also includes surgery to implant a pacemaker-like device under the skin in the chest.
Cerebellar post-stroke deep brain stimulation appears safe and …
WEBAug 14, 2023 · The results of an early-stage clinical trial indicate that deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to the cerebellum may help recovery of upper limb function following stroke. The findings, published in Nature Medicine , support the design of larger, blinded clinical trials to fully assess the benefit of such a treatment.