Deep Brain Stimulation

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt spinoff company adds to local high-tech growth

    Neurotargeting, LLC has been awarded a three-year $2.7 million grant to continue development of an integrated solution for the treatment and management of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedures for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders. Benoit Dawant The Nashville company was founded… Read More

    Oct. 26, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt engineers, neurosurgeon develop database, software that improves Parkinson’s surgery

    As reported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) For patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, simple activities such as drinking a cup of coffee or walking to the dinner table present a challenge. Their limbs jerk or move without control. Medication can ease… Read More

    Sep. 14, 2010