Parkinson’s Awareness Month: Expert Shares UF Health’s Approach to Care, New Advances
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, a time dedicated to shedding light on this complex neurological condition that affects millions of lives worldwide. UF…
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Janis and Janet: The Twins Who Tamed Tremor at UF Health
By the time Janet Plum makes the short but taxing trip to serve the coffee, the mug is only half full. What’s missing of the morning brew is dotted on the…
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UF Health first in U.S. to implant new, advanced deep brain stimulation system
June 4, 2021
A team of University of Florida Health neurosurgeons and neurologists recently became the first in the U.S. to implant a newly FDA-approved, technologically…
Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery, +5 more
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Deep brain stimulation shows promise for select Tourette patients in new UF-led worldwide registry
January 16, 2018
University of Florida neuroscientists are leading a multinational effort to track outcomes for patients with Tourette syndrome who undergo deep brain…
Department of Neurology, +4 more
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Dual-lead deep brain stimulation shows benefit in treating severe MS tremor
June 19, 2017
Multiple sclerosis patients with severe, treatment-resistant tremors may gain marked improvement from deep brain stimulation surgery, or DBS, in which two DBS…
Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery, +4 more
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New paper updates guidelines for surgical treatment of Tourette syndrome
March 18, 2015
An experimental surgery that uses electrodes implanted into a patient’s brain could be more widely used in patients with severe cases of Tourette syndrome,…
Department of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurosurgery, +3 more
