Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

Marshall University and Marshall Health Network, in collaboration with Intermed Labs (IL), has launched a new medical technology development initiative focused on improving the precision and safety of ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center studying Parkinson's disease have discovered a previously unrecognized sequence ...

The brain stimulation currents allowed instant improvement to her performance.

When the living and breathing body of a 71-year-old Parkinson’s disease patient was recently lying in a sterile operating theater at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, his head was in Thailand.

Nearly a decade ago, a landmark trial of deep brain stimulation for depression failed to show efficacy. Now researchers are ...

LONDON — The doctors prepared to carry out the brain surgery, their medical tools laid out. Their patient, wide awake on the operating table, was given an instrument of her own: her clarinet, which ...

The history of lobotomy shows the risks for limited evidence and oversight, while modern approaches emphasize targeted treatment, informed consent, and rigorous evaluation.