Deep brain stimulation offers hope for Parkinson’s patient
DBS has been performed on Parkinson’s patients at U-M Health for nearly 20 years and though not a cure, the procedure offers some degree of improvement in symptoms for most patients.
DBS has been performed on Parkinson’s patients at U-M Health for nearly 20 years and though not a cure, the procedure offers some degree of improvement in symptoms for most patients.
Like Bunyan and John Henry, he loves tall tales, says his mother, Susie Luebke. It makes sense, given the 8-year-old’s life. The stories are full of characters tackling enormous obstacles.
Tello, who is from Ann Arbor, began having seizures when he was 5 months old, including some so severe he had to be intubated in the ICU. At age 3,
The largest grant from HHS is $1.4 million to clinical research for neurological disorders.
Despite a scientific scandal and unsuccessful drugs, researchers have made strides beyond amyloid, and shown the power of prevention too.
The research, published July 19 in Nature Communications, was a collaboration between Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, led by Xiaobo Mao, Ph.D., and scientists at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.