News tagged with deep brain
Wakey, wakey! Wake up refreshed with a brain-monitoring alarm clock
We all know the feeling, the short, sharp shock of waking to the sound of an alarm clock. Whether the traditional clattering metal bells, the incessant beeping of digital or the dulcet tones of today's radio news reader. ...
Oct 20, 2011 |
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A new method to localize the epileptic focus in severe epilepsy
The first two stereo-EEG explorations in Finland were carried out by neurosurgeons of the Epilepsy surgery team in Helsinki University Central Hospital this spring. The method reinforces other examination methods already ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 30, 2011 |
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For potentially crippling dystonia, earlier deep brain therapy gets better, quicker results
Patients suffering from dystonia, an uncommon yet potentially crippling movement disorder, get better results if they begin deep brain stimulation therapy sooner rather than later, according to an international study published ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Methodist neurosurgeon first in world to implant next generation device for deep brain stimulation therapy
A 65-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease became the first patient in the United States to receive a new device for deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Barrow researcher launches depression study
A top medical researcher at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, has launched a clinical trial to pinpoint brain activity in depressed people by using scientifically designed sad and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Brain implant surgeries dramatically improve symptoms of debilitating condition
Implanting electrodes into a pea-sized part of the brain can dramatically improve life for people with severe cervical dystonia – a rare but extremely debilitating condition that causes painful, twisting neck muscle ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Hyperactive nerve cells may contribute to depression
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified hyperactive ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Deep brain stimulation helps severe OCD, but pioneer advises caution
When obsessive-compulsive disorder is of crippling severity and drugs and behavior therapy can't help, there has been for just over a year a thread — or rather a wire — of hope. By inserting a thin electrode deep ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Brain pacemakers: A long-lasting solution in the fight against depression
Physicians from the University of Bonn, Germany, together with colleagues from the US, have suggested a new target structure for a very promising depression therapy, the so-called deep brain stimulation. They hope to achieve ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Deep brain stimulation may help hard-to-control high blood pressure
Researchers were surprised to discover what may be a potential new treatment for difficult-to-control high blood pressure, according to a case report published in the January 25, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the me ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Pioneering treatment could help people with severe depression
Pioneering neurosurgical treatment, a world first in Bristol, which very accurately targets brain networks involved in depression, could help people who suffer with severe and intractable depression.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Beyond improving Parkinson's symptoms, does deep brain stimulation stall their progression?
Parkinson's disease symptoms begin subtly and worsen as damage to certain brain cells continues. But an electrical stimulation device implanted deep in the brain and programmed remotely, along with medications, may provide ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Scientists identify elusive neuronal targets of deep brain stimulation
Shooting steady pulses of electricity through slender electrodes into a brain area that controls complex behaviors has proven to be effective against several therapeutically stubborn neurological and neuropsychiatric ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Study: Brain energy crisis may spark Parkinson's
Parkinson's disease may stem from an energy crisis in the brain, years before symptoms appear.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Consensus reached on use of Parkinson's treatment
Since the late 1990s, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proven to be a lifeline for some patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, a cruel neurological disorder that can cause lack of control over movement, poor balance ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2010 |
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