Although the short-term benefits of bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease have been well documented, the long-term outcomes of the ...

Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, a procedure that is already validated for the treatment of movement disorders, has been proposed as a therapeutic option. In this 10-month, crossover ...

The subthalamic nucleus-motor control link is important, Wessel says, because it puts to rest a central question in the brain's communication with the body's motor system, especially how an ...

During my PhD, I recorded local field potentials from the subthalamic nucleus in patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery. Our studies have informed a new deep brain stimulation protocol, ...

Researchers think they've figured out why Parkinson's disease causes a person's limbs to become so stiff that at times they can feel frozen in place. Using a robotic chair equipped with sensors, a ...

AJ has Parkinson’s disease and his otherwise debilitating tremors are completely eliminated once the stimulators placed in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) of his brain kick in. The obvious ...

Parkinson's patients who had bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for 15 years or longer spent 75% less time with dyskinesia and 58.7% less time in the off state than pre-surgery ...

Karlo Malaga is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Bucknell University. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019 with a Ph.D. in BME. Karlo earned a bachelor’s ...

Early problems in the subthalamic nucleus contribute to Huntington's disease symptoms, and may impair the processing capacity and health of other brain structures. Huntington's disease is ...