Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is the most focal and invasive of the electromagnetic brain
stimulation therapies. A subcutaneous pulse generator provides continuous stimulation of
circumscribed brain tissue via a multicontact microelectrode that terminates within its target.
The result is an adjustable, reversible, and specific therapy. Despite limited understanding of
its mechanisms of action, DBS efficacy has been established in several movement
disorders, and promising reports have emerged for Tourette syndrome, obsessive …