Saturday, September 05, 2015

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Treatement with noninvasive focused ultrasound for Parkinson’s disease
September 2, 2015

University of Maryland medical doctors monitor focused ultrasound treatment for essential tremor, guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine) Researchers at the University of Maryland have performed the first focused ultrasound treatments on a deep structure within the brain related to Parkinson’s disease* called the globus pallidus. These treatments are part of international pilot studies of 40 patients assessing the feasibility, safety, and preliminary efficacy of focused ultrasound treatments for Parkinson’s disease, guided by … more…

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