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New Discovery Could Make Parkinson's Treatment More Precise

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Deep brain stimulation has helped many Parkinson's disease patients manage tremors and movement problems for years, but doctors have not fully understood why it works so well for some patients and less well for others. A new international study is closing that gap, identifying a specific brain network and electrical rhythm that appears to drive the treatment's benefits, a discovery that could soon lead to more personalized stimulation settings and better outcomes. Deep brain stimulation works by implanting electrodes that deliver small electrical pulses to the subthalamic nucleus, a structure deep inside the brain, and is already an established therapy...

 

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