What Is Deep Brain Stimulation?
Neurological disorders like Parkinson's Disease are often treat with pharmaceuticals. But neuroscientists can also alleviate symptoms by changing the brain activity itself, using a technique...
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This is actually a patient of mine that we implanted a system in This is Blair Ford my neurologist I work with, talking in the background, this patient has 'essential tremor' the disorder of the cerebellum Where you can see he cannot control his movement particularly when he tries an action To pick up is incredibly disabling he can't drink from a cup, he can't write So, there's a different way we've turned on, he says 'Oh boy' because he has quick sensory jolts when it happens. 'Can you take this finger, that's my finger, and then touch your nose, go back and forth a few times' and so you can see this is really life-changing in the treatment of patients with essential tremor Parkinson's disease, things li...
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This is actually a patient of mine that we implanted a system in This is Blair Ford my neurologist I work with, talking in the background, this patient has 'essential tremor' the disorder of the cerebellum Where you can see he cannot control his movement particularly when he tries an action To pick up is incredibly disabling he can't drink from a cup, he can't write So, there's a different way we've turned on, he says 'Oh boy' because he has quick sensory jolts when it happens. 'Can you take this finger, that's my finger, and then touch your nose, go back and forth a few times' and so you can see this is really life-changing in the treatment of patients with essential tremor Parkinson's disease, things li...
