Deep brain stimulation
Estimulación cerebral profunda
- Date
- 1987 · confidence high
- Place
- Grenoble University Hospital, France
- Credited to
- Alim-Louis Benabid and Pierre Pollak (Grenoble); approved by the FDA in 1997
- People
- 👤 Alim-Louis Benabid1942–👤 Pierre Pollak1950–
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Electrodes implanted in deep brain nuclei and connected to a stimulator that suppresses Parkinson's tremor. It was the first chronic electrical neuromodulation of the brain.
What it led to
- Neuromodulation for epilepsy, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Implantable neurotechnology and brain-computer interfaces
- Neuroethics
Built on
Made possible
- Implanted brain-computer interface (BrainGate, Neuralink)2004-2024
- adaptive neuromodulation