JUNE 19, 2024 by UT Southwestern Medical Center Changes in the brains of patients with essential tremor are centered on a group of neurons in the cerebellum known as Purkinje cells, the round and oval green objects in this image. Credit: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/acn3.52068A statistical tool designed to analyze...
by Radboud University Nijmegen Immunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease. The effect of dopaminergic medication on the learning abilities of patients with Parkinson’s disease turns out to be linked to the presence of tremor symptoms. In patients who do not experience tremor, dopaminergic medication...
Patient, John Lukens’, writing samples before and after receiving MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor (ET). John Lukens recently became the first patient in Pennsylvania to receive MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor (ET). At age 61, Lukens has suffered with bilateral Essential Tremor for roughly 10 years—a condition which...
