Deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy is currently offered to patients with certain movement disorders that are not sufficiently controlled with medications. These conditions include Parkinson’s ...
Next, the team sought to amplify the signal from these neurons using a procedure called deep brain stimulation, which is commonly used to treat movement problems in people with Parkinson's disease.
By applying deep brain stimulation to the lateral hypothalamus, doctors restored lower limb movement in two patients with spinal cord injuries. One of the patients who was paralyzed in a ski ...