Deep brain stimulation—implants in the brain that act as a kind of "pacemaker"—has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an open-label ...

A woman living with Parkinson’s disease played her clarinet while undergoing brain stimulation, offering surgeons immediate, audible evidence of the procedure’s success. Denise Bacon, 65, from ...

A two-year-old girl from Glasgow has become the world's youngest patient to undergo deep brain stimulation surgery. Viktoria Kaftanikaite has had electrodes placed deep inside her brain to treat ...

Two paralysed patients have been able to walk short distances and even climb stairs once more after being implanted with electrodes in their brains. Both had catastrophic spinal injuries that meant ...

UK researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation that does not require surgery and could provide a treatment option for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s. The new technology has ...

A new study sponsored by University College London (UCL) has begun, making it the UK’s first ever deep brain stimulation (DBS) trial for children with epilepsy. In collaboration between Great Ormond ...

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Evidence-based recommendations on deep brain stimulation for refractory epilepsy in adults. This involves implanting an electrical stimulator in the brain. This guidance represents the view of NICE, ...

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