Blepharospasm Possible Treatments: Botox and Rose-Tinted Glasses By: Wissam Deeb, M.D. & Aparna Wagle Shukla, M.D. Blepharospasm is the scientific name given to excessive involuntary forced eye blinking. It is one type of a large group of disorders called dystonias1. Dystonia is abnormal contraction/spasm of the muscles that result in…
The POST, a monthly magazine by Univeristy of Florida Health, published the story of 14-year-old Felipe Hanel and the deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery to treat his dystonia. Felipe received the 1000th DBSÂ lead implanted by the UF Health Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration team.
Check out this news segment from Fox 13 in Tampa Bay about one of our patient’s deep brain stimulation surgery for dystonia. They always tell me I’m bionic.
University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration neurologist Irene Malaty discusses dystonia awareness with Rick Staab from Tyler’s Hope and GTN News. …
In generalized dystonia, muscles that should contract & relax to cooperate with each other contract at the same time and fight against each other. This causes awkward & painful postures and makes movement very difficult. We see young people with this disorder regularly. We are excited to share this patient…
This TEDx talk on Deep Brain Stimulation titled the Electric Brain was given on February 11, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udZ5ux0dYE Learn more about Deep Brain Stimulation… The human brain is a supercomputer with networks that control the various functions that make us who we are,…
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday published an article about Deep Brain Stimulation successes. Included were the currently U.S. approved indications such as Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor and dystonia as well as experimental indications such as depression and Tourette syndrome. Dr. Okun and one of our patients were interviewed. Only…
Rasheda Ali, author of “I’ll Hold Your Hand So You Won’t Fall: A Child’s Guide to Parkinson’s Disease” & daughter of Muhammad Ali As…
Rick Staab discusses the reasons for giving the money to start the dystonia center On February 21st, Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure and the University of Florida held a news conference to announce a new dystonia research center being formed at UF with a $1 million gift. …
Hosted here at the UF McKnight Brain Institute, the Tyler’s Hope Think Tank is bringing together a couple dozen of the best minds in dystonia research to present some of their research and thoughts, and to provide questions and critiques on their colleagues’ work to push the field forward. For…
