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2. Essential tremor - Wikipedia

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   Essential tremor (ET), also called benign tremor, familial tremor, and idiopathic tremor, is a medical condition characterized by involuntary rhythmic contractions and relaxations (oscillations or twitching movements) of certain muscle groups in one or more body parts of unknown cause. [6]

3. Ali Rezai (neurosurgeon) - Wikipedia

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   Ali R. Rezai (born 1965) [1] is an Iranian-born American neurosurgeon and neuroscientist. [2] [3] His work and research has focused on neuromodulation treatments for patients with neurological and mental health conditions, [4] including neuromodulation techniques such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) through brain chip implants to treat Parkinson's disease tremors, obsessive–compulsive ...

4. Deep brain stimulation - Wikipedia

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   The FDA approved DBS for the suppression of tremor in the upper extremity in patients with essential tremor. Ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM) The approval was based on clinical trials showing significant tremor reduction with thalamic DBS in patients with essential tremor, demonstrating long-term efficacy and safety.

5. Thalamotomy - Wikipedia

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   The doctor then takes a detailed brain scan using computed tomography (CT scan) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify the precise location for operation, as well as a path through the brain to get to that specific spot. During the surgery, the patient is awake, but the area on the scalp where the surgical tools are inserted is numbed ...

6. Mount Carmel Health System - Wikipedia

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   The company employs over 8,200 staff and 1,920 physicians in their outpatient facilities and four hospitals. [citation needed] Mount Carmel East opened in 1972 near Reynoldsburg. [1]

7. DaT scan - Wikipedia

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   DaTSCAN is indicated in cases of tremor when its origin is uncertain. Although this method can distinguish essential tremor from Parkinson's syndrome, it is unable to distinguish between Parkinson's disease , Dementia with Lewy bodies , Parkinson's disease dementia , [ 3 ] multiple system atrophy or progressive supranuclear palsy .