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Combination of deep brain stimulation and exercise has potential benefits for treating ataxia
New research from Baylor College of Medicine scientists shows that a combination of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and exercise has potential benefits for treating ataxia, a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive irreversible problems with movement.
Working with a mouse model of the human condition, researchers at Baylor and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children s Hospital discovered that combining DBS targeted to the cerebellum, a major motor center in the brain, and exercise rescued limb coordination and stepping and that the benefits persisted without further stimulation.
Movement for ataxia patients can be restored by deep brain stimulation and exercise
Movement for ataxia patients can be restored by deep brain stimulation and exercise
Last Updated: Sat, Feb 27th, 2021, 10:34:34hrs
Washington [US], February 27 (ANI): The findings of recent research from Baylor College of Medicine suggests that a combination of exercise and deep brain stimulation (DBS) can have benefits for treating a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease called ataxia, which is characterized by progressive irreversible problems with movement.
Working with a mouse model of the human condition, researchers at Baylor and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children s Hospital discovered that combining DBS targeted to the cerebellum, a major motor centre in the brain, and exercise rescued limb coordination and stepping and that the benefits persisted without further stimulation.
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