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This story is from the category The Brain
Date posted: 10/12/2016 Doctors in London have used sound waves to successfully operate deep inside the brain. They treated a man from Cornwall who suffered from uncontrollable tremors in his right hand. Selwyn Lucas, who is 52, can now hold his hand steady and said he felt "fantastic". The team at St Mary's hospital used MRI guided focused ultrasound to destroy tissue causing mistimed electrical signals to be sent to muscles. Prof Wladyslaw Gedroyc, consultant radiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, said: "This is a game changer for patients with these movement disorders because we can cure them with a treatment which is completely non-invasive and we don't have to give unpleasant drugs." Around one million people in the UK suffer from tremors - uncontrollable shaking of the hands, head or body. It is a neurological condition usually caused by faulty circuits in the thalamus, a small area at the base of the brain. See the full Story via external site: www.bbc.co.uk Most recent stories in this category (The Brain): 04/02/2017: HKU scientists utilise innovative neuroimaging approach to unravel complex brain networks |
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