page_title: Electrical brain stimulation
hierarchical_section_title: Electrical brain stimulation
caption_attribution_description: English: WAG/rij electrode rat.
context_page_description: Electrical brain stimulation, also referred to as focal brain stimulation, is a form of electrotherapy and technique used in research and clinical neurobiology to stimulate a neuron or neural network in the brain through the direct or indirect excitation of its cell membrane by using an electric current. It is used for research or for therapeutic purposes.
context_section_description: Electrical brain stimulation (EBS), also referred to as focal brain stimulation (FBS), is a form of electrotherapy and technique used in research and clinical neurobiology to stimulate a neuron or neural network in the brain through the direct or indirect excitation of its cell membrane by using an electric current. It is used for research or for therapeutic purposes.
caption: Chronic subcortical electrode implant in a laboratory rat used to deliver electrical stimulation to the brain.
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