Joseph Neimat
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Neimat: Emotional disturbance is an overlooked symptom of Parkinson’s
Despite benefiting from dramatic improvements in movement after deep brain stimulation surgery, patients with Parkinson’s disease can be inadequately served when physicians and researchers focus only on its motor manifestations, says a Vanderbilt neurosurgeon. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Laser technology offers new option to treat epilepsy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently debuted a new minimally invasive surgical treatment for epilepsy. Read MoreMar 12, 2015
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Brain Surgery through the Cheek
For those most severely affected, epilepsy treatment means drilling through the skull deep into the brain to destroy the small area where seizures originate—invasive, dangerous, and requiring a long recovery period. Five years ago a team of Vanderbilt engineers wondered: Is it possible to address epileptic seizures in a less invasive way? Read MoreDec 23, 2014
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Brain surgery through the cheek
Vanderbilt engineers have developed a surgical robot designed to perform brain surgery by entering through the cheek instead of the skull. Read MoreOct 15, 2014
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Brain stimulator helps ease epilepsy patients’ seizures
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center epilepsy team has implanted four patients with a device that heralds a new frontier for controlling epileptic seizures. Read MoreAug 28, 2014
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Surgery calms patient’s epilepsy-related seizures
In June, Tommy Schroader was in the crystal blue waters off Grand Cayman Island petting a giant stingray. Read MoreNov 8, 2012
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Research team to present at NIH 10th anniversary technology showcase
Vanderbilt University researchers were one of nine teams invited to participate in the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s 10th anniversary technology showcase June 22 in Bethesda, Md. NIBIB is an institute within the National Institutes of Health. Read MoreJun 28, 2012
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Vanderbilt to study deep brain stimulation as treatment for depression
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of approximately 20 centers in a nationwide clinical study investigating the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as an intervention for patients with major depression. Read MoreApr 17, 2012