DBS

Congratulations to Drs. Michael Okun, Kelly Foote and Aysegul Gunduz on the publication of “Future directions in psychiatric neurosurgery: Proceedings of the 2022 American society for stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery meeting on surgical neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders,” which was published in the May 2023 edition of Brain Stimulation. Abstract…

Congratulations to Drs. Ramirez-Zamora and Okun on the publication of the editorial: “Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: Updates in Neurotechnology and Neuromodulation, Volume II,” which was published in the  June issue of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Introduction The introduction of ever-newer technologies, improved software, and an increasing understanding of the…

Experts at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health hosted the 8th annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank, uniting DBS leaders from around the globe to develop multidisciplinary collaborations, advance the field and improve patient outcomes. In a recent perspective article in the journal Frontiers in Human…

Congratulations Drs. Kai‐Liang Wang,  Joshua K. Wong,  Robert S. Eisinger, Christine Smith, Wei Hu,  Aparna Wagle Shukla, Christopher W. Hess, Michael S. Okun and Adolfo Ramirez‐Zamora on the publication of “Therapeutic Advances in the Treatment of Holmes Tremor: Systematic Review,” in the June issue of Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural…

Congratulations Drs. Hess, Foote, Okun, Shukla, and Vaillancourt on the publication of “Quantitative Separation of Tremor and Ataxia in Essential Tremor.”  This article was published in the May 17th edition of Annuals of Neurology.   Abstract Objective This study addresses a very important problem in Neurology, distinguishing tremor and ataxia…

Congratulations to Aysegul Gunduz and Michael Okun on the publication of “A review of basal ganglia circuits and physiology: Application to deep brain stimulation,” in the January issue of Parkinsonism & Related Issues. Abstract Introduction Drawing on the seminal work of DeLong, Albin, and Young, we have now…

Congratulations Drs. Gunduz, Foote and Okun on the publication of “Reengineering Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders: Emerging Technologies,” in Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering’s September issue.   Abstract Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical technique, which consists of continuous delivery of an electrical pulse through chronically implanted electrodes…

Congratulations Drs Okun, Foote and Gunduz on the publication of “Report of a patient undergoing chronic responsive deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome: proof of concept” in the September issue of Journal of Neurosurgery.   Abstract Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has emerged as a promising intervention for the…

Congratulations to Drs. Patterson, Okun and Hess on the publication of “High-voltage VIM Region Deep Brain Stimulation Mimicking Progressive Supranuclear Palsy,” in Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements.   Abstract Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for essential tremor (ET) can cause unwanted side effects. Case Report: A patient with ET underwent…