Today marks the start of PA week. Every year from October 6-12, we celebrate National PA Week, which recognizes the PA profession and its contributions to the nation’s health. So thank your favorite PA for all she/he does! …
Dr. Heilman has written a book entitled “The Athletic Brain” that was recently published by Taylor and Francis publishing. The book is available to be read online for free. This is the preface to the book: “Many parts of the athlete’s body are important for performance, such as strong…
Congratulations to Dr. Okun on the publication of “Translating Temporal Interference Brain Stimulation to Treat Neurological and Psychiatric Conditions,” in the September 24th issue of JAMA Neurology. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has helped more than 100 000 patients with conditions such as Parkinson disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and obsessive-compulsive…
Dyana is our new assistant in the fiscal section. Please welcome her to the department!…
McKnight Brain Institute neuroscientists and grad students shared the inner workings of deep brain stimulation, or DBS, with the Gainesville community Sept. 22 during a special event at the Cade Museum. With interactive stations demonstrating how DBS works, a team led by DBS pioneers Kelly Foote, M.D., and Michael Okun,…
Jennifer is the new LPN in the Movement Disorders Program at the Norman Fixel Center for Neurological Diseases at UF Health!…
“Peripheral dopamine transmission in human macrophages is altered in Parkinson’s Disease” Dr. Habibeh Khoshbouei, Ph.D., PharmD Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience University of Florida September 24, 2018 5:15‐6:15 PM Cancer/Genetics Research Complex RM 133…
The All of Us Research Program is a nation-wide research program that seeks to enroll one million people and they are looking for your help. Through health surveys, electronic health records, physical measurements and more, researchers are able to take the information you provide in this study and use…
Congratulations to Drs. Okun and Foote on the publication of “Benefits and risks of unilateral and bilateral ventral intermediate nucleus deep brain stimulation for axial essential tremor symptoms,” in the September issue of Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. Abstract Introduction Many experts assume bilateral deep brain stimulation…
