The Neurological Foundation has teamed up with an Auckland neurologist to create a video explaining Deep Brain Stimulation, a procedure that can be life-changing for people with Parkinson’s disease.

There is still no cure for Parkinson’s disease, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new deep brain stimulator that could benefit patients with the motor condition. On Feb 24, ...

Musician Fabio Dwyer first felt the symptoms during a performance in 2017. He couldn’t hold his guitar pick in the correct position. Then he noticed his right arm wouldn’t swing naturally. Just a few ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment for various neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It involves surgically implanting an electrode into your ...

Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) provides lasting benefits for patients with moderate-to-advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD), with sustained improvements in movement and quality of ...

Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) is a medical technique where doctors implant electrodes deep inside specific areas of the brain to treat certain disorders. These electrodes are connected by wires to a ...

In the 1950s, American neurologist and psychiatrist Robert Heath — who developed deep brain stimulation — was revered as either a scientific superstar or a highly polarizing figure. The method, now ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves stimulating certain parts of your brain with implanted electrodes. It’s a promising treatment for treatment-resistant OCD. The main treatments for OCD are talk ...

While stuttering was believed to have purely psychological causes up until about 30 years ago, scientists today attribute it to a variety of factors capable of contributing to its development. For ...