Taking a Chapter from Depression Treatment, Parkinson’s Therapy Gets Fresh Look From Device Makers

By |2021-11-11T17:15:08-08:00January 9th, 2017|Brief Bulletins from the Field, We Know Psychiatry|

Deep brain stimulation, an established therapy that modifies the brain's circuitry to treat symptoms of depression, Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, is attracting fresh attention from medical-device makers who believe it is underused. St. Jude Medical Inc. recently introduced a new DBS system in the U.S., and Boston Scientific [...]