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The 29 pages that link to Deep brain stimulation, each with the reason it gives.

• Parkinson's diseaseRelated: It can reduce motor symptoms in some people whose medication response fluctuates.

• Obsessive–compulsive disorderBroader topic: It may be considered for a small number of people with severe, treatment-resistant OCD.

• NeuroscienceBroader topic: It is a clinical intervention based on manipulating activity in neural circuits.

• Basal gangliaRelated: Stimulation of basal ganglia-related targets can reduce symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other disorders.

• ThalamusRelated: Thalamic targets can be stimulated to treat certain movement disorders and tremor.

• BrainstemCompared with: Unlike many brainstem lesions, targeted stimulation can alter brainstem-related circuits therapeutically.

• DystoniaRelated: It can reduce severe dystonia when medication and other treatments are insufficient.

• LevodopaCompared with: It can address motor fluctuations without increasing levodopa exposure, though medication often continues.

• NeurosurgeryRelated: Neurosurgeons implant its electrodes for selected movement disorders.

• Transcranial magnetic stimulationCompared with: Unlike TMS, it requires neurosurgical implantation to reach its targets.

• Epilepsy SurgeryCompared with: It modulates seizure networks without resecting or disconnecting the seizure focus.

• NeuroethicsRelated: Its effects on mood, agency, and identity raise questions about consent and personal change.

• BrainRelated: It can reduce symptoms of conditions such as Parkinson’s disease.

• Drug-Resistant EpilepsyRelated: Stimulation of the anterior thalamus can reduce seizures that resist medication.

• Essential tremorRelated: Stimulation of motor circuits can suppress severe essential tremor when medication is insufficient.

• TremorRelated: It can reduce disabling tremor in selected people when medication is insufficient.

• DyskinesiaRelated: For selected people with Parkinson’s disease, it can reduce motor fluctuations and dyskinesia.

• AmantadineCompared with: It can address advanced Parkinson’s symptoms when medication strategies, including amantadine, are insufficient.

• Human enhancementRelated: A therapy for neurological disorders can also prompt proposals for nonmedical enhancement.

• NeuromodulationBroader topic: It alters pathological circuit activity with electrical stimulation rather than chemical signals.

• ParkinsonismRelated: It can reduce motor symptoms in selected patients with Parkinson’s disease, but does not treat every cause of parkinsonism.

• Tourette syndromeRelated: It is reserved for a small number of people with severe, treatment-resistant Tourette syndrome.

• ChoreaRelated: Its role in severe chorea remains limited and depends on cause, symptoms, and response to other treatments.

• ApomorphineCompared with: It can address advanced Parkinson’s motor fluctuations without relying on apomorphine doses.

• LobotomyCompared with: Its adjustable stimulation contrasts with lobotomy’s permanent destruction of brain pathways.

• Earl BakkenRelated: Medtronic’s later neuromodulation work carried medical electronics beyond the heart.

• Human brainRelated: It can alter abnormal neural activity in certain movement and psychiatric disorders.

• History of neurosurgeryBroader topic: It extended neurosurgery from removing lesions to adjusting neural activity with implanted devices.

• Llinás's lawRelated: Its effects on abnormal rhythms make it relevant to theories of intrinsic neural dynamics.