A new study reveals deep brain stimulation helps reduce excessive synchronization of brain activity in the motor cortex of Parkinson's patients.
Carbon nanotube fibers appear to be superior to metal electrodes for DBS, a new study reports.
Researchers develop a new technique to stimulate brain tissue by injecting magnetic nanoparticles and using external magnetic fields.
UCSD neurosurgeons are the first in Southern California to use real time 3D MRI guidance to implant a DBS device into a Parkinson's patient.
Stimulating the thalamus and other areas of the brain stem connected with wakefulness can help bring rats back to consciousness after a seizure, new research reports.
Amputees are able to regain sense of touch and 'feel' with their prosthetic hands, thanks to new technological advances.
By electrically stimulating the severed part of the spinal cord, researchers were able to make a completely paralyzed rat walk over obstacles.
Using optogenetics to stimulate mice brains five days after a stroke helped improve motor control and brain chemistry, researchers report.
Researchers have successfully made an artificial connection from the brain to the locomotion center in the spinal cord by bypassing with a computer interface.
A new electronic neural bypass device allows a paralyzed man to move his fingers and hand.
DARPA's SUBNETS program includes two complementary research pathways that emphasize neural plasticity and single-neuron recording.
Human reinforcement learning was modified by deep brain stimulation of substantia nigra dopamine containing neurons.
