Deep Brain Stimulation May Improve Symptoms in Alzheimer’s
May 23, 2012 — Deep brain stimulation (DBS), a therapy already approved for use in Parkinson’s disease, may also be useful for treating some patients with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a pilot study suggests. After 1 year of continuous DBS, a clinically meaningful increase in cerebral metabolism in the hippocampal area was observed…