Personalized Brain Stimulation Offers New Hope for People With Hard-to-Treat Epilepsy
October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release:
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Doctors and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a new treatment for epilepsy patients who don't respond to medication and aren't candidates for surgery. Their approach, published today in Nature Communications, uses deep brain stimulation (DBS) that is tailored to each patient's unique brain wiring.
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Doctors and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a new treatment for epilepsy patients who don't respond to medication and aren't candidates for surgery. Their approach, published today in Nature Communications, uses deep brain stimulation (DBS) that is tailored to each patient's unique brain wiring.