Deep Brain Stimulation to Regulate Movement Disorders

Published Online: May 26th 2015

Deep brain stimulation is a surgical treatment in which a device called a neurostimulator delivers tiny electrical signals to the areas of the brain that control movement.

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Dr. Wei Hu, a Clinical Movement Disorders Fellow from the Neurology Department at the University of Florida and formerly at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, gives hope in his article appearing in the November 2014 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, to patients with refractory Tourrette syndrome.

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