“Pacemaker For The Brain” Shows New Potential

Dr. Douglas Anderson was among the earliest neurosurgeons in the nation to treat Parkinson’s disease with a treatment called deep brain stimulation. Dr. Anderson has treated approximately 50 Parkinson’s patients with the therapy, known as DBS. His first patient was a middle-aged woman who used a wheelchair due to her Parkinson’s. Dr. Anderson implanted an electrode that delivered mild electrical signals deep in her brain.

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Filed under: Neurology / Neuroscience on July 4th, 2008