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Patient-derived Dopamine Neurons Show Promise in Parkinson's Treatment
Massachusetts General Hospital and McClean Hospital researchers take significant steps towards proving the safety and efficacy of dopaminergic neuron implantation to treat Parkinson's disease.
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First-In-Human Therapy with Stem Cell–derived Dopaminergic Progenitor Cells for Parkinson's Disease
Mass General researchers report substantial clinical improvement in a patient with Parkinson's disease after they implanted midbrain dopaminergic progenitor cells that they differentiated in vitro from autologous induced pluripotent stem cells.
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Collaboration in Developing New Cell Therapy
In this video, Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD, Kwang-Soo Kim, PhD, Todd M. Herrington, MD, PhD, and Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD, discuss their cross-disciplinary and multi-institutional collaboration to develop this new therapy.
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Single-Neuron Recordings Show How the Brain Plans Speech
Using single-neuron recordings, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have discovered how the brain forms words before an individual speaks. Such recordings might be useful for developing synthetic speech prostheses or augmenting other approaches that benefit patients with neurological disorders.
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Essential Tremor Treatment Advancements Using MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound: Q&A With Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD
Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD, a neurosurgeon at Massachusetts Hospital, specializing in treating epilepsy, essential tremor, and tremor-dominant Parkinson's diseases. In this Q&A, Dr. Schweitzer discusses the physiological processes underlying essential tremor and the advancements.
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Mapping the Human Brain: Advancing Treatment with Technology and AI
A Mass General researcher's novel project to map the neural pathways in the brain connectome holds promise for better motor and psychiatric disorder treatment.
Parkinson's Disease Contributors
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Co-transplantation of Regulatory T Cells Improves Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease -
Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, MS, PhD
Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Novel Target Identified for Treatment of ALS -
Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Essential Tremor Treatment Advancements Using MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound: Q&A With Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD -
Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Director, Laboratory for Brain Network Imaging and Modulation, Harvard Medical School, Assistant Neuroscientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Lesion Locations Causing Cervical Dystonia Are Part of a Common Brain Network -
Robert (Mark) Richardson, MD, PhD
Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Intracranial Stereo-EEG Resolves Discordant Clinical vs. Neuroimaging Findings in Patient With Tonic–Clonic Seizures -
Todd M. Herrington, MD, PhD
Director, Deep Brain Stimulation Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Co-transplantation of Regulatory T Cells Improves Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease -
Ziv Williams, MD
Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Single-Neuron Recordings Show How the Brain Plans Speech