Deep-brain stimulation helps Parkinson’s

SAN JOSE: Deep-brain stimulation appears to treat slow movement, tremor, and rigidity in Parkinson’s patients. This is by reducing synchronicity of neural activity in the motor cortex.

Studies involving the stimulation of the brain of a patient suffering from Parkinson’s disease (PD) via a surgically implanted electrode have reaped beneficial effects, according to a new study…

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