Principal Investigators


Dr Arthur Thevathasan

Institution


University of Melbourne

Contact information of lead PI


Country


Australia

Title of project or programme


Improving a new form of deep brain stimulation to treat gait and balance disturbance in Parkinson's disease

Source of funding information


National Health and Medical Research Council

Total sum awarded (Euro)


€ 135,555

Start date of award


01/01/2014

Total duration of award in years


3

Keywords


Research Abstract


Over 64,000 Australians have Parkinson’s disease. Most patients with Parkinson’s disease ultimately develop gait ‘freezing’ and poor balance, which impair quality of life and cause falls. Unfortunately, gait freezing and poor balance often don’t improve with conventional treatments. We are therefore helping to develop a new treatment for these symptoms, which involves implanting a pacemaker into a very deep region in the brain called the “Pedunculopontine Nucleus’.

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