Keith Krehbiel lived with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 25 years before agreeing to try a brain implant that might alleviate ...

While the findings are extremely preliminary, they suggest that stimulation of this reward-related region of the brain may reduce self-injurious behavior, justifying further study.” ...

Her relapse into depression felt like defeat—but it offered vital clues to achieving lasting psychiatric relief. The 67-year-old woman from Alabama had already endured four major depressive episodes ...

If deep brain stimulation (DBS) can help people with Parkinson's disease walk and speak again, could it help people with Alzheimer's disease, too? It' ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS), which involves implanting electrodes into the brain to stimulate regions affected by the disease, is usually a standardized treatment – but the study team found ...

Abbott has launched a pivotal clinical trial to see if its deep-brain stimulation approach can make headway against treatment-resistant depression. The company previously collected green lights ...

Deep brain stimulation has revealed that a specific type of brain wave activity is associated with levels of anxiety in people living with Parkinson's disease, according to research led by ...

A progressive neurological disorder affecting 10 million people globally, Parkinson’s can cause disruptive symptoms such as ...

People with "young" brains -- brains aging more slowly than their actual age -- are much less likely to die or develop Alzheimer's disease than those with "old" brains suffering from accelerated aging ...

In this study, we looked at a few subjects and characterized ... such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, or deep brain stimulation.” ...

A study suggests that carefully controlled electrical stimulation of the brain may improve math skills, most significantly in ...

Parkinson's disease occurs when brain cells that produce an important hormone called dopamine begin to die off or become ...