Research
Study shows awake brain mapping can help optimize deep brain stimulation
The Brief
- A Mayo Clinic study published in Operative Neurosurgery examines awake deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery.
- Awake DBS surgery can provide information beyond what imaging alone can capture.
- The information can help clinicians personalize electrode placement for patients with essential tremor.
Why it matters
It suggests that intraoperative awake brain mapping may refine where DBS electrodes are placed, which matters for how neurosurgical targeting is done for essential tremor.
Who’s affected
- neurosurgeons and clinicians who perform deep brain stimulation
- patients with essential tremor and their families
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Awake deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery can provide information beyond what imaging alone can capture, helping clinicians personalize electrode placement for patients with essential tremor, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in Operative Neurosurgery.
Timeline
Medical Xpress reports on the Mayo Clinic study on awake brain mapping for DBS electrode placement
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Study shows awake brain mapping can help optimize deep brain stimulation