Some embodiments of a mapping device may be capable of passing through
cerebral veins and other cerebrovascular spaces to provide
electrophysiological mapping of the brain. These embodiments of the
device may also be capable of providing, simultaneously or separately,
ablation energy or other treatments to targeted brain tissue. In such
circumstances, a user may be enabled to analyze an electrophysiological
map of a patient's brain and, at the same time or within a short time
period before or after the mapping process, may be enabled to apply
ablation energy for treatment of a central nervous system disorder. Such
treatment may be accomplished without the use of invasive surgery in
which the brain is accessed through an opening in the patient's cranium.