DBS

abbreviation

direct broadcast satellite

Medical Definition

DBS

abbreviation

deep brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a therapeutic option for intractable neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Parkinson's disease and major depression.

—Viviana Gradinaru et al., Science

DBS involves the insertion of electrodes deep in the brain to hit a precise neuroanatomical target that is believed to be central to the disease being treated.

—Alison Abbott, Nature