MedCity News October 5, 2025
UCSF researcher Maria Shcherbakova highlighted how adaptive deep brain stimulation is improving Parkinson’s care by automatically adjusting brain implants in real time to better control symptoms.
Deep brain stimulation, a process in which electrodes stimulate specific brain circuits to reduce motor symptoms, has long helped people with Parkinson’s disease manage their tremors — but a new approach is helping push the therapy even further.
Maria Shcherbakova, a neurology researcher at UCSF, pointed out that this approach — called adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) — is already improving the quality of life for patients who don’t respond well to conventional deep brain stimulation. Unlike the conventional method, which delivers continuous stimulation via an implantable brain device, aDBS adjusts its electrical...
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