Collaborators from the Fixel Institute and MBI will pilot a novel, low-cost intervention to improve Parkinson’s symptoms.
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Tips for choosing a DBS device
In the journal JAMA Neurology, Dr. Michael Okun discusses the challenge of selecting an appropriate DBS system for an individual patient.
New study reveals treatment pathway for neurofibromatosis
Dr. James Wymer among national team of researchers to identify novel pathway for potential treatment of the disfiguring condition, neurofibromatosis 1.
Movement disorders training program hosts NINDS leadership
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke leadership recently visited with Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Training in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration program participants.
Dr. David R. Nelson named UF Health president
Dr. David R. Nelson has been named senior vice president for health affairs at the University of Florida and president of UF Health.
New treatment guideline released for Tourette syndrome, other tic disorders
Dr. Michael Okun is an author of a new AAN guideline for the treatment of tics in Tourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders.
Florida legislature passes bill to improve stroke outcomes
Dr. W. Christopher Fox was among a select group of physicians who discussed the importance of improving stroke outcomes with Florida lawmakers.
New study investigates brain mechanisms critical for ability to delay gratification
In a new eLife article, UF neuroscientists examine brain mechanisms involved with the ability to delay gratification in older and younger adults.
Death is a process, not a moment in time
In The Conversation, Dr. Katharina Busl weighs in on new study on the brains of pigs suggesting that some activity could be restored even after the animals had been dead for four hours.
Read the MBI’s spring e-newsletter
It’s been full speed ahead in 2019, and as you’ll see in this newsletter, our researchers have been hard at work.