Sperling Neurosurgery Associates

03/30/2022

Essential tremor vs. essential tremor plus: What's the difference? Learn more over on the Sperling Neuro blog!

A new essential tremor diagnostic category called ET plus may complicate research and confuse patients.

03/27/2022

For persons with essential tremor, performing tasks with both hands touching may decrease tremor amplitude, though the exact mechanism is not yet understood.

Read the research 👉 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35146059/

03/25/2022

Machine learning algorithms are now able to categorize Parkinson's disease patients across tremor, gait, bradykinesia, and dyskinesia, allowing at-home symptom monitoring.

Learn more: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-022-00568-y

03/23/2022

Study suggests some essential tremor patients who have high-risk co-morbid medical conditions may be vulnerable to cognitive decline following Deep Brain Stimulation implantation surgery.

Find out more at: https://bit.ly/36BOk2h

03/21/2022

Insightec, manufacturer of the Exablate MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound System used to treat essential tremor, has received investigational device exemptions from the FDA for new applications of its system in clinical trials.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3KNiheP

03/20/2022

Did you know? At mid-life, physical activity appears to prevent or lessen cognitive decline and support the brain’s executive function, though the mechanism is not yet well-understood.

Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34433700/

03/18/2022

A case study describes a 60-year-old man with essential tremor whose tremors worsened significantly following asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Learn more at: https://bit.ly/35YZONJ

03/16/2022

How is your immune system? If you have these 6 eating habits, you may be weakening your body’s protection against disease.

These 6 eating habits and foods can weaken your immune system and make it harder to fend off infections, according to a nutritionist. Find out more here.

03/14/2022

Did you know? Analysis of resting tremor in different positions may have diagnostic value in differentiating between Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor.

Read the research at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35034234/

03/12/2022

Study finds differences that primary writing tremor is a dystonic, not essential, tremor.

Learn more at: https://bit.ly/3J7Gdch

03/10/2022

U. of Pennsylvania neurosurgeons present a case study on the safety and efficacy of MRgFUS thalamotomy in an essential tremor patient with prior craniotomies.

Read the case study at 👉 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007218/

03/06/2022

Grammy-nominated DJ Steve Aoki has released a video illustrating how focused ultrasound technology can treat conditions like essential tremor, Alzheimer's disease, and addiction.

Grammy-nominated DJ, producer, and philanthropist Steve Aoki has released a video illustrating how West Virginia University's Rockefeller Neuroscience ...