Andre Machado, MD, Director, Center for Neurological Research, Cleveland Clinic, discusses deep brain stimulation, a technique that uses implantable pacemakers in the brain for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders. It is FDA approved to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.

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