There’s a new treatment option for patients in Louisville with medically-refractory epilepsy. Louisville’s first patient to get deep brain stimulation for epilepsy — a patient treated at Norton Neuroscience Institute — now has an implanted stimulator to alter pathways in the brain involved in seizures. The stimulator was implanted recently at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. The…
When actor Cameron Boyce, a star of the Disney Channel show “Jessie,” died at age 20, his family said in a statement that his sudden death was due to a seizure during sleep. According to the family, the actor was receiving ongoing treatment for the seizure disorder epilepsy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Abigail J. Rao, M.D., neurosurgeon with Norton Neuroscience Institute, isn’t an electrician, but she knows how electricity impacts the brain. She’s using electricity to make a world of difference for individuals diagnosed with movement disorders. Dr. Rao uses deep brain stimulation (DBS) to help patients with essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and difficult-to-treat epilepsy. “Deep…
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