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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure used to treat a variety of disabling neurological symptoms—most commonly the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), such as tremor, rigidity, stiffness, slowed movement, and walking problems. The procedure is also used to treat essential tremor, a common neurological movement disorder. At present, the procedure is used only for patients whose symptoms cannot be adequately controlled with medications.

NIH awards $3.5 million to continue development of robotic system for treating brain tumors

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College, along with corporate partners GE Global Research and Acoustic MedSystems Inc., have received a five-year, $3.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health through the National Cancer Institutes' Academic-Industrial Partnership program, to continue development of an innovative robotic system that, operating within an MRI scanner, can deliver a minimally invasive probe into the brain to destroy metastatic brain tumors with high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound under real-time guidance.

13 Nov 2018

NIH increases funding through the BRAIN Initiative

The National Institutes of Health announces funding of more than 200 new awards, totaling over $220 million, through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative, an exciting trans-agency effort to arm researchers with revolutionary tools to fundamentally understand the neural circuits that underlie the healthy and diseased brain.

2 Nov 2018

Tiny sensors can measure dopamine levels in the brain for more than a year

Dopamine, a signaling molecule used throughout the brain, plays a major role in regulating our mood, as well as controlling movement. Many disorders, including Parkinson's disease, depression, and schizophrenia, are linked to dopamine deficiencies.

12 Sep 2018

Scientists reveal novel brain network linked to pain in Parkinsonism

Scientists have revealed a novel brain network that links pain in Parkinson's disease (PD) to a specific region of the brain, according to a report in the journal eLife.

28 Aug 2018

Researchers study motor, cognitive effects of DBS in patients with Parkinson's disease

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied motor and cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease.

28 Aug 2018

Researchers successfully reproduce effects of traumatic brain injury in petri dish

Researchers in the University of Georgia's Regenerative Bioscience Center have succeeded in reproducing the effects of traumatic brain injury and stimulating recovery in neuron cells grown in a petri dish.

24 Aug 2018

Study offers possibility of squelching a focal epilepsy seizure before symptoms appear

Patients with focal epilepsy that does not respond to medications badly need alternative treatments.

17 Aug 2018

Magnetic gene in aquarium fish could open doors to treatment for epilepsy, Parkinson's

An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's magnetic field as it swims could help unlock how the human brain works and how diseases such as Parkinson's and other neurological disorders function.

14 Aug 2018

EU-funded project working on innovative implant to 'rewire' injured spinal cord

The BYAXON project makes no extravagant claims. It is very early days for the technology it is proposing, and much more research is needed to take the innovation forward once this four-year undertaking ends in December 2020.

24 Jul 2018

DBS may slow progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease

Deep brain stimulation may slow the progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease patients, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released in the June 29 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

30 Jun 2018

Patients with mild Alzheimer's disease over age 65 continue to derive benefit from DBS-f treatment

An age group analysis of data from the ADvance trial has shown that participants over the age of 65 continue to derive the most benefit from Deep Brain Stimulation of the fornix, as observed in the data from the phase 2 findings (12 - 24 months) of the Phase II trial.

19 Jun 2018

MIT researchers develop wireless system to power devices implanted deep inside human body

MIT researchers, working with scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital, have developed a new way to power and communicate with devices implanted deep within the human body. Such devices could be used to deliver drugs, monitor conditions inside the body, or treat disease by stimulating the brain with electricity or light.

5 Jun 2018

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NIH awards $3.5 million to continue development of robotic system for treating brain tumors

NIH increases funding through the BRAIN Initiative

Tiny sensors can measure dopamine levels in the brain for more than a year

Scientists reveal novel brain network linked to pain in Parkinsonism

Researchers study motor, cognitive effects of DBS in patients with Parkinson's disease

Researchers successfully reproduce effects of traumatic brain injury in petri dish

Study offers possibility of squelching a focal epilepsy seizure before symptoms appear

Magnetic gene in aquarium fish could open doors to treatment for epilepsy, Parkinson's

EU-funded project working on innovative implant to 'rewire' injured spinal cord

DBS may slow progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease

Patients with mild Alzheimer's disease over age 65 continue to derive benefit from DBS-f treatment

MIT researchers develop wireless system to power devices implanted deep inside human body

New brain implant may help treat Parkinson's disease

Study provides first ever recording of changing serotonin levels in human brains

Cedars-Sinai research sheds light on how the brain rapidly forms new memories

Lightning may pose potential danger to patients receiving deep brain stimulation

System designed to enable the control of animal cells using light

Parkinson's disease pivotal trial treats first patient using focused ultrasound

Deep brain stimulation offers relief to UTHealth patient with treatment-resistant depression

Researchers measure whether transcranial direct current stimulation generates EFs in deep brain areas

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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