By: Mallory Bachmann Essential tremor, or ET, is the most common movement disorder that often causes small, rapid shaking, especially in the hands and head. While there is currently no cure, deep brain stimulation targeting the ventralis intermedius nucleus of the thalamus, or VIM DBS, has helped significantly reduce ET…
Date: Monday, December 1, 2025Time: 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PTRegister: Click here to sign up PD-Connect’s First Monday Speaker Series is closing out the year with a special session featuring Pamela Zeilman, APRN, an award-winning nurse practitioner and internationally recognized expert in…
By: Grace Huff Researchers at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health have uncovered a new brain pathway that could help explain a challenging side effect of deep brain stimulation (DBS), offering new hope for personalizing this life-changing treatment for people living with Parkinson’s disease. The…
By. Mallory Bachmann As the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health celebrates one year of magnetoencephalography (MEG) operations, the lab proudly announces more than 100 cases using the MEG scanner. The MEG scanner plays a critical role in research and patient care by providing detailed data on…
UF study finds evoked resonant neural activity could serve as potential marker to guide DBS for Parkinson’s disease.
Drs. Coralie de Hemptinne and Jackson Cagle receive Invention of the Year honor for deep brain stimulation (DBS) technologies.
Researchers open the conversation by completing a comprehensive review on the safety of deep brain stimulation during pregnancy and recommending the need for further research.
Human trial of closed-loop DBS in four participants with difficult-to-treat Tourette syndrome finds treatment to be safe, beneficial.
Researchers find that the brain may benefit from a novel stimulation pattern called TOPS instead of chronic continuous, standard stimulation with DBS.
Drs. Justin Hilliard and Michael Okun featured in UF Health Inspire video about twin sisters treated for essential tremor.
