Light-Based Deep Brain Stimulation Relieves Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

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  • TBMG-37115
Published June 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used deep brain stimulation based on light to treat motor dysfunction in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease. Succeeding where earlier attempts have failed, the method promises to provide new insights into why deep brain stimulation works and ways in which it can be improved on a patient-by-patient basis.