Deep-Brain Stimulation (DBS) Overview

• Electrodes implanted deep inside brain areas to treat disorders.

• Device sends controlled electrical impulses to targeted brain regions.

• Commonly used for movement disorders, Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia.

• Approved for some psychiatric conditions and being studied for severe depression and epilepsy.

• Modifies neuronal communication, interrupting faulty electrical signals.

• Stimulation amount and pattern can be adjusted by doctors or patients.

• Reversible effects normalize disrupted brain circuits at cellular and network levels.