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Personalizing Neuromodulation for Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Neuromodulation, or brain stimulation, has emerged as a viable treatment option for neuropsychiatric disease, augmenting existing treatments such as drug-based and psychological therapies. At the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern researchers are utilizing their knowledge to build infrastructure for personalized neuromodulatory therapies to treat patients with depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychosis, and anxiety.
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The Future of Medicine Sparks Here
This is UT Southwestern Medical Center, and this is where a spark happens. Join UT Southwestern Medical Center and find your spark.
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Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Palliative Care for Neurological Diseases
Palliative care is undergoing a revolution as doctors explore innovative ways to treat patients with terminal diseases. These advancements are focused on improving quality of life from the moment of diagnosis.
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Functional Neurological Disorders: Exploring Unmet Needs
A specialist in functional neurological disorders calls for greater attention to these common neuropsychiatric conditions.
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Diagnosing essential tremor after death helps families learn risk
Over 2 decades, UTSW Neurology Chair and colleagues develop algorithms that verify common neurodegenerative disease in postmortem brains
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Research could lead to treatments for obesity, extreme weight loss
Mysterious cells that secrete hormones in the large intestine play a key role in regulating body weight through their relationship with intestinal bacteria, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests. Their findings, published in Nature Metabolism, could lead to new treatments for obesity and extreme weight loss.
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Leadless dual-chamber pacemaker is a leap forward for heart patients
About 3 million people in the U.S. live with a pacemaker, a battery-powered device implanted in the chest to help the heart beat at its proper rate. Each year, about 200,000 devices are implanted in the U.S. for patients who have bradycardia (slow heartbeat) or abnormal heart rhythms.
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New Findings Alter View of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma
Signaling pathway thought to be driving oncogenesis gets called into question.
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An Expanding View of Ataxia
A renowned clinical research program seeks new insights into ataxia and related disorders.
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The Power of An Integrated Spine Care Mission
Progress in joint replacement procedures has led to ever-shorter surgeries and broadened options, yet innovations in treating spine pathology – the leading cause of pain in adults the world over – has remained in the risk-averse shadows. Too often, these patients travel on diagnostic or treatment odysseys before receiving appropriate personalized treatment.
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From Hope to Help
Interventional psychiatry answers unmet needs in treatment-resistant depression.
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New AI tool may help detect early signs of dementia
UTSW-led study finds an automated speech analysis algorithm is able to recognize cognitive impairment in a Spanish-speaking population.