April 13, 2022 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Select Brain Stimulation May Ease MS Tremor, But More Study Needed Electrically stimulating certain regions of the brain may help to ease tremors in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but the specific brain regions needed for stimulation may be unique in MS compared to other tremor-causing diseases, a new study suggests. The study,Ā “Connectomic analysis of unilateral dual-lead…
October 11, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Deep Brain Stimulation, Evobrutinib, Hydroxychloroquine, Ocrevus and PML Deep Brain Stimulation May Help With MS-associated Tremors Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been used to treat people with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor, and in some cases, those with MS who have severe tremors, when other treatments have failed. The treatment involves implanting electrodes in the brain so…
October 5, 2021 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD Deep Brain Stimulation May Help with MS-associated Tremors Deep brain stimulation (DBS) effectively reduces tremors in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but may lead to worsening symptoms and speech problems, according to a review study. While these findings support the use of DBS for treating this common, disabling MS symptom, larger studies using standardized measures of…
August 13, 2019 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Smartphones Could Be Used to Make Tremor Research Easier, More Affordable, Study Finds Smartphones could be used as an inexpensive and effective way to measure Ā tremors in mice, which may allow for more research on tremor medications, a new study reports. The study, “Accurate and affordable assessment of physiological and pathological tremor in rodents with the accelerometer of a smartphone,”…
October 26, 2016 Columns by Judy Lynn Shake, Rattle, and Spill? Tremors in MS I live in a part of the country with beautiful green forests, mountains, abundant freshwater, and saltwater.Ā If you have seven hours to spare, you can drive across the state and experience desert, orchard, mountain, alpine meadow, rainforest, and the Pacific Ocean. This beautiful land also comes with some…
July 5, 2016 News by InĆŖs Martins, PhD Tremors Linked to MS Poorly Treated with Symptomatic Medication, Study Finds Disabling tremors can affect as many as half of all peopleĀ with multiple sclerosis (MS), but they are inadequately treated because of limited therapeutic options and are not sufficiently being studied, researchers at theĀ University of Alabama at BirminghamĀ reported. Their report, “Symptomatic Management of Multiple Sclerosis-Associated Tremor Among…