Deep Brain Stimulation

Deep-Brain Stimulation Can Enhance One’s Memory While Sleeping, Study Finds

The idea that the brain improves memory when you sleep has been supported by research from UCLA Health and Tel Aviv University. In the research, epilepsy patients had targeted deep brain stimulation, which improved memory consolidation. These discoveries could be…

June 5, 2023 ·by Katherine Baldwin· 0

New Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Method Developed By Chinese Scientists

A team of Chinese research is exploring a new technique which involves the use of noninvasive ultrasound deep brain stimulation as a treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The new method was tested on mice. According to the paper, the significant motor…

July 23, 2019 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson’s Disease Helps Patients Regain Motor Control

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain. Symptoms of Parkinson’s include tremors (rhythmic movement of the lips, chin, hands, and legs), stiffness and slowness, and balance issues. Deep brain stimulation is one of the…

July 5, 2018 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 1

Self-Adaptive Brain Implant Might Reduce Parkinson’s Disease Motor Symptoms

Deep brain stimulation has been used for decades to relieve the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and is experiencing a new breakthrough. Researchers have just developed a self-adaptive brain implant capable of providing finer and therefore more efficient electrical impulses.…

May 31, 2018 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0