Deep Brain Stimulation A New Treatment Shows Promise in the Most Difficult Cases

Name: Deep Brain Stimulation A New Treatment Shows Promise in the Most Difficult Cases
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ISBN: 9781932594379

ISBN-10: 193259437X

ISBN-13: 9781932594379

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jamie Talan, Richard Firstman

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There are disorders that defy treatment with prescribed pharmaceuticals: a man's hands shake so hard that he cannot hold anything; a woman is mired in severe, inescapable depression; or a child falls into severe epileptic seizures. For these patients and others, an alternative is emerging for when pharmaceuticals fail: deep brain stimulation. More than 30,000 people worldwide undergo this treatment each year, and with this volume, Jamie Talan and Richard Firstman explain this cutting-edge medical development that may hold the key to unlocking some of medicine's most bewildering mysteries. Deep brain stimulation primarily consists of implanting electrodes in the brain that are connected to a…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Dana Press, The
Publication date: 2/15/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Illustrations


Prologue



Parkinson's Disease: The Mother Lode



Breaking Ground: 100 Years of Research



Coop the King: Controversy on the Frontier



Finding the Parkinson's Problem



The French Connection



Tantalizing Leads



Acting on Impulse: DBS and Dystonia



Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: DBS for Psychiatry



DBS Teams Take On Depression



Tourette Syndrome



Battling Epilepsy



The Hardest Cases: Pain and Minimal Consciousness



Taking Stock and Looking Ahead



Patients, Parameters, and Risks



Ethics and the Future


References


Additional Resources of Interest


Index