Surgical resection and neuromodulation are well-established treatments for those with
medically refractory epilepsy. These treatments entail important ethical considerations …

Objectives Neuromodulatory devices are increasingly used by neurosurgeons to manage a
variety of chronic conditions. Given their potential benefits, it is imperative to create clear …

Seen as contributing to human enhancement, implanted technologies have recently been
receiving a lot of attention. However, reflections on these technologies have taken the shape …

Psychiatric neurosurgery has resurfaced over the past two decades for the treatment of
severe mental health disorders, with improved precision and safety over older interventions …

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects
motor neurons, resulting in muscle weakness, paralysis, and eventually patient mortality. In …

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proven to be a successful therapeutic approach in several
patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and dystonia. Hitherto its …

An expressed aim of brain–computer interface (BCI) or brain-machine interface (BMI)
research is to develop devices that improve lives of people with disabilities (Hochberg and …

Subdisziplin dar, die Neuroethik oder Ethik in den Neurowissenschaften genannt wird. Die
Arbeit daran speist sich aus zwei Quellen: der langjährigen akademischen …

Brain stimulation technologies are at once promising, fascinating, and terrifying. For those
bedridden or otherwise crippled by movement disorders, they represent relief that …

Die klinisch-medizinische Forschung verwendet seit den 1970er Jahren den Begriff der
Lebensqualität als zunehmend wichtigen Parameter in der Erfolgsbewertung von …