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Karlo Malaga is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Bucknell University. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019 with a Ph.D. in BME. Karlo earned a bachelor’s ...

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The subthalamic nucleus is a pea-sized brain area that controls our movements. These motions have been hampered in Parkinson's patients: researchers believe the subthalamic nucleus, which normally ...

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has proven to be a remarkable success for the treatment of many movement disorders. A dramatic video below shows what happens to Andrew “Cyber-AJ” Johnson just ...

Early problems in the subthalamic nucleus contribute to Huntington's disease symptoms, and may impair the processing capacity and health of other brain structures. Huntington's disease is ...

Neurostimulation of the subthalamic nucleus reduces levodopa-related motor complications in advanced Parkinson's disease. We compared this treatment plus medication with medical management. In ...

Andrew Gillies, David Willshaw, Zhaoping Li, Subthalamic-Pallidal Interactions Are Critical in Determining Normal and Abnormal Functioning of the Basal Ganglia, Proceedings: Biological Sciences, Vol.

Subthalamic Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease — Living Better Electrically? Author: Anthony E. Lang, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published November 13, 2003 N Engl J Med 2003;349: 1888 - 1891 ...

Jan. 30, 2004 — Bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation is more effective than unilateral pallidotomy for controlling symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), according to the results of a ...