March 14, 2003 — Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus as a treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly enhances positive mood and emotional memory, according to a report in ...

Researchers have produced definitive evidence that a specific region in the brain, called the subthalamic nucleus, is critical to governing the mind's communication with the body's motor control ...

People have been making desperate attempts to "hack" their brain power since the dawn of intellectual work, whether that be ...

The INTREPID study group, a team of 49 researchers from 30 academic and medical institutions, reports on sustained five-year benefits from subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's ...

Study shows that activity in the subthalamic nucleus reflects action outcomes and consequent adaptation in humans; this can be modified through bursts of electrical stimulation, with potential to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medial-lateral electrode position in the right subthalamic nucleus correlated with weight gain, with greater ...

A large international team of researchers has found that deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus continues to help ...

(A) Experimental design. (B) Behavior assessments using open field tests. Heatmaps illustrate time spent (red) and movement trajectories (green). The PD group exhibited decreased movement speed ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 19 (May 10, 2022), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is ...

Researchers have applied a chemogenetic tool in macaque monkeys and suppressed the subthalamic nucleus, a part of the basal ganglia circuitry. The chemogenetic suppression induced unstable movements.