1. Medtronic DBS Therapy For Epilepsy In Epilepsia
(Company News/Medtronic)

Medtronic announced that a publication highlighting results from the pivotal study for Medtronic DBS Therapy for epilepsy, known as SANTE, was published online in the medical journal, Epilepsia.  ...

2. Medtronic DBS Therapy: FDA's Conditional Approval
(Company News/Medtronic)

The U.S Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) Neurological Devices Panel today voted seven to five to recommend approval with conditions of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy for Epilepsy from Medtronic, ...

3. Stereotactic Radiosurgery As Effective in Eliminating Parkinson's Disease
(Modalities/Radiology )

... caused by Parkinson's disease and essential tremor than deep brain stimulation (DBS) and radiofrequency (RF) treatments, and is as effective, according to a long-term study presented November 2, 2009, ...

4. Study finds role of mid-brain in integrating heart and respiratory response to exercise
(Imported/Imported)

... female, mean age 47.5 years) undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) were selected for the study. Five patients underwent stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) for Parkinson’s disease; four had ...

5. Patient with brain injury shows functional improvement after deep brain stimulation
(Imported/Imported)

... study -- used deep brain stimulation (DBS) to try and improve function within residual brain networks that they knew were still there. The man's DBS-associated improvements in communication, complex movement ...

6. Low-frequency deep brain stimulation effective in primary torsion dystonia
(Imported/Imported)

Lower frequency stimulation of the internal globus pallidus in young patients with primary torsion dystonia is as effective as more conventional high frequency pallidal deep brain simulation (DBS), reports ...

7. New treatment holds promise for Tourette syndrome
(Imported/Imported)

Research out of the Neurological Institute at University Hospitals Case Medical Center finds that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) helps patients who suffer from Tourette Syndrome (TS). This first-of-its-kind ...

8. Deep-brain stimulation effective for repeated intense headaches
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The off-label use of DBS 'dramatically' reduced the incidence of short-lasting, unilateral neuralgiform headaches with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) in a case study reported at the American ...

9. Thalamic deep brain stimulation ameliorates parkinsonian tremor
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... stimulation (DBS) provides symptomatic control of Parkinson disease tremor in selected patients, according to a report in the June issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Vim DBS ...

10. Cognitive decline seen after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... in frontostriatal cognitive function can occur in patients who undergo bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, ...

11. Ultrasound shown to exert remote control of brain circuits
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... of a wide variety of nervous system disorders. For example, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) have been shown to be effective in the management of psychiatric disorders such ...

12. Promising results in deep brain stimulation for patients with treatment-resistant depression
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A study of patients with treatment-resistant depression who underwent DBS shows that this intervention is generally safe and provides significant improvement.New data from a study of patients with treatment-resistant ...

13. Medtronic DBS Therapy For Epilepsy In Epilepsia
(Company News/Medtronic)

Tags: [Medtronic, SANTE, DBS Therapy, Food and Drug Administration, FDA]  ...

14. Cognitive decline seen after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

Tags: [frontostriatal, cognitive function, subthalamic, deep brain stimulation, DBS]  ...

15. Ultrasound shown to exert remote control of brain circuits
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... ablation,oceanography,acoustic mapping,biological tissues,low intensity,low frequency ultrasound,LILFU,synapses,noninvasive neurostimulation methods,diagnostic medical imaging,Deep Brain Stimulation,DBS,Vagal ...

16. Promising results in deep brain stimulation for patients with treatment-resistant depression
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Tags: [treatment-resistant, depression, DBS, deep brain stimulation, subcallosal cingulate]  ...