What Is Deep Brain Stimulation? The procedure involves implanting electrodes within areas of the brain for people with movement conditions. "The electrodes produce electrical impulses that affect ...

Medicare covers deep brain stimulation (DBS) for eligible people diagnosed with essential tremors or idiopathic Parkinson’s disease to help reduce tremors and improve daily activities. To qualify for ...

The human brain is complex. Understanding deep brain function usually requires the insertion of probes that frequently result ...

University of Oklahoma Health is using innovative procedures and technology to improve the lives of patients with movement disorders and other neurological conditions, according to a press release. OU ...

Management of Essential Tremor prioritizes functional improvement over symptom elimination, and protocols begin with ...

An Oklahoma girl has become the first pediatric patient in the world to have robotic deep brain stimulation performed on her, two hospitals have announced. The patient, 8-year-old Karliegh Fry, ...

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 ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves many of the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and is a life-alerting surgery for many patients. Penn Medicine's Gordon Baltuch, MD, a professor of ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A patient at Memorial Hermann Hospital underwent surgery on her brain with her favorite musical instrument in hand: the flute. Anna Henry was wide awake while doctors ...

Manipal Hospital Sarjapur Road has announced the launch of a dedicated Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Clinic, offering advanced ...

This study is the first of its kind in developing an off-label indication for RLS. Other conditions we’re considering ...