deep brain stimulation
Brain Implants to Treat Addiction Are Dangerous and Promising
The U.S. is conducting clinical trials of deep brain stimulation for opioid addiction, but ethical questions abound.
Scientists Hacked an Old Brain-Zapping Treatment for Parkinson’s
Deep brain stimulation can be more efficient, and safer, by using the computer-generated pattern, the study showed.
Psychiatry's Most Promising New Treatment Is a Pacemaker For the Brain
And scientists have the lobotomy and electroconvulsive therapy to thank.
How Zapping the Brain With Electricity Can Help Fight Disease
A team of neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School have developed the first unifying theory of how electrical stimulation hacks the brain.
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How Deep Brain Stimulation Works, as Explained by a Neurologist
"You are really affecting brain activity with a device in your hand that’s plugged up to a wire that’s in their brain."