When Tom Montgomery first started getting tremors in 2008, he thought they were because he’d had a stressful couple of weeks ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

For years, Denise Holtzinger struggled with the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s Disease. Simple tasks like walking or using her hands became nearly impossible as tremors took over her body. But ...

London - The doctors prepared to carry out the brain surgery, their medical tools laid out. Their patient, wide awake on the operating table, was given an instrument of her own: her clarinet, which ...

The human brain is complex. Understanding deep brain function usually requires the insertion of probes that frequently result ...

ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc., a global leader in non-invasive robotic brain surgery, today announced a landmark clinical research collaboration to evaluate precision radiomodulation therapy for ...

A 79-year-old local artist with Parkinson's Disease is returning to his craft after a life-changing brain stimulation surgery. Bill Daggett is one of about one million people with Parkinson’s in the ...

When treatments such as medication and therapy aren’t able to relieve the symptoms of depression or another mental health condition, there are other options available. A psychiatrist might suggest ...

This study is the first of its kind in developing an off-label indication for RLS. Other conditions we’re considering ...

Doctors and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a new treatment for epilepsy patients who don't respond to medication and aren't candidates for surgery. Their approach, ...