Brain Pacemakers? To Treat Parkinson’s Disease

Posted by: adonis49 on: April 25, 2015

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Brain Pacemakers? To Treat Parkinson’s Disease 

Doctors know that deep brain stimulation works as a therapy for Parkinson’s disease. But they’re still trying to figure out why and how.

A new study sheds some light on the mechanism of action, suggesting that DBS disrupts a pattern of excessively synchronized activity in the brain.

How Brain Pacemakers Treat Parkinson’s Disease?

Eliza Strickland Posted 15 Apr 2015

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