Mental Health DailyResearch. Evidence. Perspective.Published research on deep brain stimulation.
Subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) gives most patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease meaningful motor relief, but a subset develops new or worsened impulse control disorders — …
Read articleA 2026 medRxiv preprint found that 10 severe obsessive-compulsive disorder patients treated with anterior-limb-of-internal-capsule DBS had a 42.9% average Y-BOCS symptom decrease over 6 mont…
Read articleA 2026 systematic review found 15 clinical reports of deep brain stimulation for cerebellar ataxia, covering only 27 human patients across heterogeneous targets, causes, and outcome measures…
Read articleA 2026 medRxiv preprint reported that an at-home subcallosal cingulate cortex deep brain stimulation (SCC DBS) recording system could track stable recovery in severe treatment-resistant depr…
Read articleA 2026 first-in-human medRxiv preprint reported that closed-loop subgaleal intersectional short-pulse stimulation shortened stimulated seizures by 52% on average and reduced seizure incidenc…
Read articleA 2026 systematic review of subcallosal cingulate (SCC) functional connectivity found 28 qualifying resting-state fMRI studies in depression: 21 rTMS/iTBS studies, 4 ECT studies, 3 focused-u…
Read articleDeep brain stimulation works for Parkinson’s, but it requires implanted electrodes. A 2026 randomized crossover trial by Stalter and colleagues tested whether transcranial temporal interfere…
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