{"id":57133,"date":"2025-07-28T13:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57133"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:45:48","slug":"deep-brain-stimulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/deep-brain-stimulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep-Brain Stimulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Deep-Brain Stimulation Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 1.6 lakh people worldwide have received Deep-brain stimulation (DBS).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Deep-Brain Stimulation<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>medical technique<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where <\/span><b>doctors implant electrodes deep inside<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> specific areas of the <\/span><b>brain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to treat certain disorders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>How does it work?<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These electrodes are connected by wires to a small device, similar to a heart\u2019s pacemaker, which is usually placed under the skin in the upper chest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The device <\/span><b>sends controlled, mild electrical impulses to targeted brain regions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, helping adjust abnormal brain activity or chemical imbalances.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Application of Deep-Brain Stimulation<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DBS is most commonly used for movement disorders, especially in people with <\/span><b>Parkinson\u2019s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose symptoms no longer respond well to medication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also been approved for some psychiatric conditions like <\/span><b>obsessive-compulsive disorder,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is being studied for severe depression and epilepsy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DBS works by modifying how groups of neurons talk to each other. Many of these disorders involve faulty electrical signals in the brain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delivering electrical pulses through DBS can interrupt these erratic signals, helping reduce symptoms such as tremors or muscle stiffness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Advantages of Deep-Brain Stimulation\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One advantage of DBS is that, unlike brain surgery that destroys tissue, its effects are reversible: if you turn off the device, the stimulation stops.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed to help normalise disrupted brain circuits at both the cellular and network levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/deep-brain-stimulation-nudging-neurons\/article69861555.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep-Brain Stimulation is a medical technique where doctors implant electrodes deep inside specific areas of the brain to treat certain disorders. 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