In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

Parkinson's disease patients and advocates are marking Friday as the start of a new era for treatment of the illness as a ...

Professor Karlo Malaga leads research focusing on pinpointing specific areas in the subthalamic region where deep brain ...

An update to the traditional deep brain stimulation device enables adaptive pulses of electricity that help to lessen the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and inform future research.

It's an honor to be a part of this process to, as a basic scientist, be able to play a small role in improving the lives of ...

A Phase I clinical trial shows that deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is safe and feasible ...

Depression affects about one in 20 adults, and while treatments like antidepressants and talk therapy help many people, they ...

Researchers at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a compact, battery-powered brain ...

A small pilot study has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical treatment that delivers electrical signals to ...

Frederic L.W.V.J. Schaper, MD, PhD, director of Epilepsy Network Mapping at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an instructor of neurology at Harvard Medical ...

Stanford University School of Medicine neurologist Helen Bronte-Stewart is shown working with a Parkinson's disease patient during clinical trials of a new device to control tremors and other ...