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![UW electrical engineering doctoral candidate and CSNE team member Margaret Thompson performs laboratory tests on a Medtronic deep brain stimulator to verify that the new closed-loop system for essential tremor functions as intended. Mark Stone/University of Washington UW electrical engineering doctoral candidate and CSNE team member Margaret Thompson performs laboratory tests on a Medtronic deep brain stimulator to verify that the new closed-loop system for essential tremor functions as intended. Mark Stone/University of Washington](/sites/default/files/styles/news_page/public/2017-06/DBS%20lab%20tests.jpg?itok=rvG-tTIq)
Essential Tremor affects an estimated 7 million people in the U.S. alone and can be treated with Deep Brain Stimulation, where an electrode stimulates the brain to quiet the symptoms.
![An angiogram showing blood being blocked by a clot on the left and the restored blood flow on the right. An angiogram showing blood being blocked by a clot on the left and the restored blood flow on the right.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_page/public/2017-06/clot.png?itok=TiNhpays)
Dr. Louis J. Kim, Vice-Chair and Chief of Neurological Surgery at Harborview Medical Center was featured in a KOMO news story about a stroke patient, Sue McNeely, who underwent life-saving…
Dr. Andrew L. Ko, assistant professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington, provides background on DBS for essential tremor and discusses the future including…
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Congratulations to UW Neurological Surgery co-authors whose paper entitled "Cerebral Revascularization for Aneurysms in the Flow Diverter Era" has been selected as the Neurosurgery Top…