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Some patients with Parkinson's disease benefit from a surgical treatment known as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). However, the treatment is not for everyone. Your symptoms, past response to medication, your age, and your ability to come to the hospital for frequent follow-up visits, are some of the...

We offer highly innovative, intensive treatment for Huntington’s disease (HD) throughout the course of the disease. Our multidisciplinary team—led by neurologists Samuel Frank, MD and Simon Laganiere, MD—works together with you and your family to meet physical, cognitive and emotional needs. This...

Experts from the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at BIDMC are leaders in the diagnosis, management and research of Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes. These syndromes are a group of rare neurological diseases that share some of the signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease, but with...

Experts from the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at BIDMC are leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of dystonia, a rare movement disorder characterized by excessive pulling of muscles, leading to twisting movements or abnormal postures. Dystonia may be treated with a combination...

Essential tremor is a common movement disorder that usually affects the arms or hands. Living with tremor can be frustrating, embarrassing, and even disabling at times. Daily activities such as dressing, feeding, and writing become can become difficult to perform. Medications sometimes help, but not...