How deep brain stimulation can help movement disorders
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Movement disorders such as </span></span></span></span>Parkinson's disease<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""> and </span></span>essential tremor<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""> affect millions of Americans. Unfortunately, due to the little-understood nature of the brain, neurological disorders such as these can be hard to diagnose and treat.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">This is why recently developed medical treatments like </span></span></span></span>deep brain stimulation<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""> (DBS) are so groundbreaking; it gives hope to patients who previously had few choices, and more is being learned about the beneficial long-term effects of DBS every day.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""></span></span></span></span>What is deep brain stimulation?
<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">According to </span></span></span></span>Harry Tamm, MD,<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""> a neurologist with </span></span>HonorHealth Neurology<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""> in partnership with Phoenix Neurological Associates, "DBS is a surgical procedure which involves placing electrodes in the brain." The two electrodes are then attached to a device implanted in the patient's upper chest near the collar bone.</span></span>