MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Medtronic deep brain stimulation treatment to treat obsessive compulsive disorder – the first deep brain stimulation treatment ...

In an article published in Brain Medicine, a European research team presents a focused review of emerging neuromodulation techniques for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The ...

Dr. Ahmed Raslan, professor of neurological surgery talks about the placement of a brain implant with patient Amber Pearson, who received the implant to treat her epilepsy and Obsessive-compulsive ...

For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

Neuromodulation approaches for treatment resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This figure outlines a proposed sequential algorithm for neuromodulatory interventions in treatment-resistant ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has transformed the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD), where stimulating a precise node in the brain’s motor circuitry can stop a tremor in seconds. The FDA approved ...

New functional neurosurgery techniques could help reduce symptoms in some patients with treatment-resistant OCD and major ...

For the first time, researchers have mapped what deep brain stimulation actually does inside living human brain cells — and the answer centers on memory itself. A landmark study published August 5, ...

Neuroscience is changing treatment for many disorders, including depression. Much of the research is now being done by physical intervention in the brain—deep brain stimulation. Drug discovery ...

Newswise — PHILADELPHIA— A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people ...