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A 33-year old asked:
What is deep brain stimulation for?
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What is the current usage of deep brain stimulation?
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What is the definition or description of: Deep brain stimulation?
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A 51-year old asked:
Are any of your doctors involved in studies for deep brain stimulation for depression? I would like to ask them some questions.
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A 29-year old asked:
Is deep brain stimulation being used for major depressive disorder? Is it like ECT of years past?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is deep brain stimulation recommended for severe ocd?
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A 52-year old asked:
Can deep brain stimulation fix my syringomyelia?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it possible to end up cognitive problems as a result of deep brain stimulation?
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A 32-year old asked:
How does deep brain stimulation implant work?
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A 24-year old asked:
How effective is deep brain stimulation for spasmodic torticollis?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Is deep brain stimulation likely to become a treatment option for Alzheimer's? If so, why?
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A 33-year old asked:
Are there medications that can be combined with deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's to increase the treatment's effectiveness?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can deep brain stimulation surgery treat spasmodic torticollis dystonia?
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A 37-year old asked:
Gait freezingafter deep brain stimulation surgery for parkinsons disease any suggestions?
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A 17-year old female asked:
What are your thoughts on deep brain stimulation as a treatment option for patients with Alzheimer's disease?
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A 31-year old asked:
Which results have patients experienced from deep brain stimulation for the treatment of parkinson's disease?
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A 41-year old asked:
If a person undergoes deep brain stimulation surgery for parkinson's disease, are the tremors permanently cured?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Which is best for treating Alzheimers, traditional medicines eg. cholinesterase inhibitors or deep brain stimulation?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Spasms are a symptom of essential tremor? If yes, deep brain stimulation surgery can improve spasms as well as tremor?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Spasms are a symptom of essential tremor? If yes, deep brain stimulation surgery can improve spasms as well as tremor?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Is someone with severe Alzheimer's disease eg. severe memory loss able to consent to having deep brain stimulation surgery?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Could deep brain stimulation develop to become a cure for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I have essential tremor that affects my whole body. Can deep brain stimulation surgery improve tremor in face/mouth related to essential tremor?
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A female asked:
How risky is Deep Brain Stimulation therapy/surgery? My father is considered a candidate but he is unsure. My father is diagnosed with Parkinson's and Altzheimers and is 78 years old. He has done all the neurological testing and is now considered a cand
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A 18-year old female asked:
Can you have damage so deep in your brain that it would cause the test to be normal? I have had many MRIs all come back normal, still having issues :(
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A 46-year old female asked:
Could cryofibrinogenemia cause multiple T2 hyperintensities in the periventricular and deep white matter of the brain?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Diff between dx as dissociation vs schizophrenic. alien deep in brain that tortures w/physical, auditory, and visual stuff 2 do 2 you. Abuse in past?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Since doc order a MRI 4-18-13 of brain it was normal & mra dec2012,what can b causing these deep painful sharp pain n my head, all these HAs,Lighthead?
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A 45-year old female asked:
In a 45 yr old, what are the possible causes of multiple small T2 hyperintensities in periventricular and deep white matter of brain if spine clear and not in MS pattern? Significant or dismiss?
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A 45-year old female asked:
If multiple T2 hyperintensities in periventricular and deep white matter of brain are described as being located in the centrum semiovale and corona radiata, does this location point to a cause?
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