This hardware is analogous to a cardiac pacemaker, hence the colloquial term “brain pacemaker” is often applied to ... “DBS has greatly improved quality of life in individuals with Parkinson’s disease ...

To test complex brain functions during neurosurgical procedures, surgeons must operate on awake, locally anesthetized ...

Spurred by advances in energy-harvesting materials, a new generation of advanced implantable biomedical devices is emerging ...

Although brain-implanted electrodes do help minimize the effects of Parkinson's disease and other neurological ... the electrodes are powered and controlled by a pacemaker-like device that is ...

Doctors at Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital used a brain pacemaker to treat a patient suffering from Meige syndrome, a rare involuntary movement disorder.

New research has unveiled how gut bacteria play a key role in regulating stress by interacting with circadian rhythms, ...

DBS, which has been transformative for conditions like Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor and dystonia, works by implanting a ‘brain pacemaker’ that sends electrical signals to the brain.

A small feasibility study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that an implanted device regulated by the body’s brain activity could provide continual and improved treatment for the ...

HYDERABAD: A team of neurosurgeons at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (Nims) used an advanced medical procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation ... including Parkinson's disease, essential ...

Recent advances from MIT researchers are paving the way for unprecedented methods to monitor and potentially heal individual ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed ultra-flexible brain probes that can record ... are already used to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, but their potential is limited by ...