FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 29, 2018·4 min readEffects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s PatientsResearchers report the adverse cognitive effects associated with DBS in Parkinson's patients are linked to a different neural pathway than the one responsible for the motor effects generated by the treatment.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 1, 2017·5 min readDeep Brain Stimulation Blocks Heroin Relapse: Rat StudyAccording to researchers, deep brain stimulation reduces the desire to use heroin and rat models of addiction.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·October 16, 2012·3 min readLess Invasive Method of Brain Stimulation Helps Patients with Parkinson’s DiseaseElectrical stimulation using extradural electrodes—placed underneath the skull but not implanted in the brain, is a safe approach with meaningful benefits for patients with Parkinson's disease according to new research.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 14, 2018·3 min readBrain Activity Alternates While SteppingA study of Parkinson's patients reveals neural activity alternates between the right and left sides of the brain as we walk.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 16, 2022·5 min readCircuit Model May Explain How Deep Brain Stimulation Treats Parkinson’s Disease SymptomsA new computer model shows the beneficial effects of deep brain stimulation arise from how it interrupts the cycle promoting runway beta in a circuit loop between the subthalamic nucleus and striatum.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 28, 2022·6 min readSprint Then Stop? Brain Is Wired for the Math to Make It HappenThe brain naturally implements principles of calculus and integrated learned rules of life with sensory information to guide motor plans and actions.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·February 3, 2021·4 min readNeurons Responsible for Rapidly Stopping Behaviors and Actions RevealedA set of neurons in the subthalamic nucleus have been implicated in canceling planned behaviors or actions.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 6, 2019·3 min readVoluntary Control of Brainwaves in Deep Brain of Parkinson’s PatientsResearchers have developed a neurofeedback system which allows Parkinson's patients to voluntarily control beta wave activity in the subthalamic nucleus.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 22, 2016·6 min readWas it Better or Worse Than You Expected? Ask Your Basal GangliaResearchers have discovered a neural circuit that processes evaluations and have identified its sources.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 16, 2017·4 min readBrain Rewiring in Parkinson’s Disease May Contribute to Abnormal MovementAbnormal activity involving the globus pallidus may be responsible for movement dysfunction in Parkinson's disease, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 6, 2020·4 min readThe Electrified BrainTargeted deep brain stimulation may help treat obsessive-compulsive disorder.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPain·August 28, 2018·4 min readNovel Brain Network Linked to Chronic Pain in Parkinson’sResearchers have identified a novel, pain sensing network that links the subthalamic nucleus to a pain processing network in mouse models of Parkinson's disease.Read More
