Wolfgang Jäger was in his 30s when a skiing accident left the young Austrian wheelchair-bound from a spinal cord injury. Fast ...
Medical Watch Digest for Dec 2 Deep brain stimulation can help with spinal cord injuries A novel way to reverse paralysis.
In this clinical trial, the participants received deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a region of the brain called the lateral ...
New therapies that are less intrusive but more lasting than current interventions promise to arrest and even reverse neurodegeneration.
One of the last patients treated by Mrs White was Patricia Hunter in September 2019. Her surgery led to a facial twitch, ...
Researchers have identified the lateral hypothalamus (LH) as a key brain region for walking recovery in spinal cord injury ...
The Role of an Energy-Producing Enzyme in Treating Parkinson's Disease Aug. 21, 2024 — An enzyme called PGK1 has an unexpectedly critical role in the production of chemical energy in brain cells ...
Two patients with spinal injuries have seen improvements in their ability to walk again, thanks to deep brain stimulation (DBS). Intriguingly, the therapy targets a region of the brain that normally ...
The surgeries were led by Dr Dhanunjaya Rao Ginjupally, neurosurgeon with international expertise in advanced DBS techniques ...
In a world first, surgeons have used a technique called deep brain stimulation to "re-awaken" dormant nerve fibres in the ...
Although there is no cure, there are ways to relieve the tremors, stiffness, depression, anxiety, and memory problems caused ...
The New Orleans group’s December meeting will present Julia Staisch and Lora Kahn, both physicians at Ochsner Health, as guest speakers. Staisch is a neurologist, specializing ...