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2. Management of Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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   In the management of Parkinson's disease, due to the chronic nature of Parkinson's disease (PD), a broad-based program is needed that includes patient and family education, support-group services, general wellness maintenance, exercise, and nutrition. At present, no cure for the disease is known, but medications or surgery can provide relief ...

3. Focused ultrasound for intracranial drug delivery - Wikipedia

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   Ultrasound imaging deposits energy over a large area while therapeutic ultrasound focuses the energy on one target site. Focused ultrasound for intracrainial drug delivery is a non-invasive technique that uses high-frequency sound waves (focused ultrasound, or FUS) to disrupt tight junctions in the blood–brain barrier (BBB), allowing for increased passage of therapeutics into the brain.

4. Focused ultrasound - Wikipedia

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   One of the first applications of HIFU was the treatment of Parkinson's disease in the 1940s. Although ineffective at the time, HIFU has the capacity to lesion pathology. A focused ultrasound system is approved in Israel, Canada, Italy, Korea and Russia to treat essential tremor, [5] neuropathic pain, [6] and Parkinsonian tremor. [7]

5. Injectable drug to ease advanced Parkinson's disease ... - AOL

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   "For too long, the Parkinson's community has had limited treatment options for advanced disease," Dr. Robert A. Hauser, professor of neurology at the University of South Florida said in a press ...

6. Transcranial pulsed ultrasound - Wikipedia

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   Scientists continue to test a variety of mammals such as humans, monkeys [5] and mice on positively affecting the treatment of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, coma, dystonia, psychoses and depression by applying safe, low-intensity, TPU. Because the potential for this technology covers a wide variety of benefits, continued research ...

7. Pallidotomy - Wikipedia

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   Pallidotomy is a neurosurgical procedure. It is used to treat Parkinson's disease and some other conditions, often as an alternative to deep brain stimulation.It involves placing a tiny electrical probe in the globus pallidus, one of the basal ganglia of the brain, to damage it.