Researchers in Lausanne have developed a novel brain pacemaker designed to provide more targeted support for Parkinson’s ...

Kelly O’Brien leads the Business Collaborative for Brain Health at UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, advancing brain health in workplaces and policy. Take a systems-level approach to wellness. The good news is ...

Although the brain is our most complex organ, the ways to treat it have historically been rather simple. Typically, surgeons lesioned (damaged) a structure or a pathway in the hope that this would ...

UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person walks, helping improve gait and reduce falls in people with Parkinson's ...

Brain machine interfaces (BMIs) can substantially improve the quality of life of elderly or disabled people. However, performing complex action sequences with a BMI system is onerous because it ...

Keith Krehbiel lived with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 25 years before agreeing to try a brain implant that might alleviate his symptoms. He had long been reluctant to submit to the surgery. “It was ...