15Mar

[Comment] Multiple-source current steering: a new arrow in the DBS quiver

Since the pioneering work of Benabid and colleagues in the early 1990s,1 deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus has become the treatment of choice for advanced Parkinson's disease complicated by severe motor fluctuations and no longer controlled by dopaminergic drugs. Despite—or possibly because of—its outstanding clinical success, innovation surrounding DBS device technology has been fairly slow, and today's neurostimulators are not fundamentally different from those initially used more than two decades ago.

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20May

[Comment] A new step towards targeting tau

Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare neurodegenerative disease characterised by an axial parkins...

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20May

[Review] CSF and blood biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease

In the management of Parkinson's disease, reliable diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers are urg...

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22Apr

Parkinson’s disease patient: ‘I can walk… it’s really helped me’

Parkinson's disease patient Gail Jardine can walk more freely after having a spinal implant fit...

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