Does a disease impact your identity?
This is the fifth in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. What are the
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deep brain stimulation
Brain stimulation device enables new understanding of OCD
Deep brain stimulation resulted in significant improvement of severe OCD symptoms resistant to conventional therapy.
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Pediatric deep brain stimulation: What’s the importance of shared decision making?
A closer look at shared decision-making about deep brain stimulation involving the patient, the parent, and the clinician.
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Fine-tuning deep brain stimulation plus exercise restore movement in ataxia
A precise combination of DBS and exercise rescued and maintained limb coordination and stepping in mice without further stimulation.
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Black History Month Spotlight: Interview with Dr. Roy Sillitoe
Dr. Sillitoe shared his approach of ‘mixing the sciences’ to unravel the causes of brain diseases and something few people know about him.
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From my perspective: Amanda Brown shares her experiences as a graduate student at Baylor
From the Labs interviewed Amanda Brown to learn about what drives her fascination with science, her interest in science communication and her future plans in
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Image of the Month: Cerebellar Purkinje cells
Purkinje cells are a type of neuron located in the cerebellar cortex of the brain. Purkinje cells are involved in the regulation of movement,
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Researchers identify and learn to control brain cell that triggers tremor
Tremor is an involuntary, rhythmic shaking movement in one or more parts of the body. Available treatments are not always effective and the development of
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Three Minute Thesis® Competition at Baylor College of Medicine
In less than an hour, 15 graduate students from nine of our 16 graduate school programs summarized what took years of work. Not a small
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Can deep brain stimulation make you a ‘different person’?
Deep brain stimulation (DBS), a procedure in which implanted electrodes deliver current to a target region of the brain, might sound like the stuff of
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