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·May 4, 2021·5 min read

Brain Wave Recordings Reveal Potential For Individualized Parkinson’s Treatments

Researchers have successfully recorded brain signatures of movement symptoms and deep brain stimulation of Parkinson's patients in real time. The findings could lay the groundwork for personalize therapies for those with the neurodegenerative disease.

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·May 3, 2021·6 min read

Researchers Wirelessly Record Human Brain Activity During Normal Life Activities

Researchers have succeeded in wirelessly recording both deep and surface human brain activity for an extended period of time while the patient was in their home environment.

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·February 19, 2021·3 min read

Deep Brain Stimulation Prevents Epileptic Seizures

Hippocampal deep brain stimulation prevented seizures in mouse models of temporal lobe epilepsy.

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·September 28, 2020·4 min read

Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Pain and Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s

Spinal cord stimulation significantly decreased pain and reduced motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease, both as a singular therapy and for those who deep brain stimulation proved ineffective.

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·July 6, 2020·4 min read

The Electrified Brain

Targeted deep brain stimulation may help treat obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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·April 27, 2020·6 min read

Light-based deep brain stimulation relieves symptoms of Parkinson’s disease

Researchers use optogenetic based deep brain stimulation to help treat motor dysfunction in animal models of Parkinson's disease. The new technique provides insights into why DBS works and ways in which it can be improved on a patient-by-patient basis.

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·February 12, 2020·3 min read

Researchers stimulate areas vital to consciousness in monkeys’ brains, and it wakes them up

Stimulating the central lateral thalamus in monkeys under anesthesia was enough to wake the animals and elicit normal waking behaviors.

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·October 5, 2019·5 min read

Long-term study data shows DBS is effective treatment for most severe form of depression

Long term outcome data of patients with treatment-resistant depression found subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation (SCC DBS) was both effective at relieving symptoms and safe.

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·August 7, 2019·3 min read

Brain stimulation for PTSD patients

Sweat response could make brain stimulators more responsive for those with PTSD and other psychological disorders.

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·July 29, 2019·2 min read

Deep brain stimulation modifies memory

Stimulating the posterior cingulate cortex increased hippocampal gamma-band power and strengthened the connections between the two brain regions. Using deep brain stimulation could help to treat memory disorders and cognitive impairment.