to alans family in dallas. i was diagnosed in 1992 and dbs with grear results until i had my battery change and then got really. Been in hospitalfor 6 months. I hear your pain and frustration. i live in dallas too and would love to share names and numbers of local progressive providers around here.
 has anyone else had problems after a battery change???

beverly forte




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Topics of the day:

  1. new subscriber STATINS
  2. AAN: Hormone Exposure Affects Parkinson's Risk
  3. new subscriber (3)
  4. Wireless "DBS" (4)
  5. Addiction: Insights from Parkinson's disease
  6. designer babies coming
  7. Why hasn't President Obama yet  signed an executive order for ESCR?

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Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:46:33 -0700
From:    Schaaf Angus / Meadow Creek Ranch <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: new subscriber STATINS

Statins for high cholesterol have lots of side effects and an easier and in
my opinion better approach is diet. I have lots of friends who have been on
statins and soon realized just how much these drugs were messing their lives
up.
A more natural approach is:
Start with granular lecithin added to fruit juice daily about 1 to 2
Tablespoons .  Granular lecithin will give you a boost of energy as the
choleserol in your system is converted to useful energy for the body all the
while destroying the build up in your arteries. In six months retake your
cholesterol level and be prepared to be shock at just how much it has
dropped. Mine is always below 150 and I eat everything that I want to eat.
Its great he takes magnesium and Vitamin E but he really should consider a
High Dose B Complex for stressed out people. Parkinsons stresses the body
like nothing else I can imagine so one of these a day should help besides
getting rid of one more chemical that may possibly aggravating the Parkinson
drug actions for the Parkinsons. Sometimes mother nature has the simplest of
"cures" to help us fight hard for that  improved quality of life.    Rob


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From: "PATTI ZAPF" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:53 AM
Subject: new subscriber


> i have joined this to learn all i can to help my husband, alan, who is
> 63 and been diagnosed with pd for the last 15 years.  we live in
> dallas and have been seeing a neuroligist at ut southwestern.  he has
> not been to the doctor in over a year.  he feels he will just get more
> medication or tweaking of his current meds.  this is our 5th doctor
> over the past 15 years.
>
> alan's sleep is interrupted with hallucinations occastionally.  wish
> those would go away.
> i googled comtan and sinemet  which have these side affects.
>
> his current regime is all medications.  comtan, carbidopa-levadopa,
> amantadine, plus he takes heart meds crestor, metropolol, plavix
> he supplements with magnesium (constipation), vitamin e, aspirin.
>
> he recently has fallen twice and i think it may be from the crestor,
> as he just started this 4 months ago, instead of lipitor.  i am trying
> to encourage him to be more wholistic with a statin.  anyone with any
> ideas, please pass on.
>
> he said the other day he wished he could go to the doctor and get a
> cure.  wishful he knows.
>
> dbs does not interest him.  i am massaging him and he does stretches.
> he is extrememly hunched over from back pain.  i wonder if that is
> from the drugs he is taking???
> any suggestions are appreciated.
>
> his voice is so soft, we are trying to find a portable microphone that
> could be used in social settings.  any suggestions would be
> appreciated.  he has tried Lee Silverman training.
>
> alan has a great attitude mostly.  he doesn't like to rock the boat,
> but makes profound statements at the right time, that amaze me and
> teach me how to handle things differently.
>
> i have heard alot about a neurologist,  dr. jankovich in houston, tx
> that i would like to take him too, but it is 4 hours away and
> expensive. (he is not a Medicare provider)  anyone seen this doctor?
>
> we have not been impressed with our past neurologists as time goes on,
> because it is the same thing, more drugs, different combinations, more
> drugs.  the drug companies are making a killing.
>
> we did attend a week long over night session this past summer here in
> dallas ($2750), with a fellow from australia, noel batten, claiming
> parkinson's is the biggest medical blunder, and positive results can
> happen with a week long visit.  it was a highly anticipated week , we
> learned alot about our own selves and strengthened our marriage.
> chiropractic care, massage, mental soul searching of past traumas were
> most of the routine.
> did we see physical improvement, yes, some, after the chiropractic
> treatments of this wonderful chiro doctor we found during this week.
> results were not long lasting..
> alan went one time a week for 6 months, which ended in dec 2008, as
> driving was difficult for him to get there, and i have a job that kept
> me from taking him.
>
> i am trying to help my husband live a quality life.  thank you for
> your suggestions.
>
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Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:45:08 -0600
From:    "Nina P. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: AAN: Hormone Exposure Affects Parkinson's Risk

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Subject: AAN: Hormone Exposure Affects Parkinson's Risk

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- In postmenopausal 
women, reproductive factors and hormone therapy use may affect 
the risk of Parkinson's disease, according to research that will be 
presented April 25-May 2 at the annual meeting of the American 
Academy of Neurology in Seattle.

Rachel Saunders-Pullman, M.D., of the Beth Israel Medical Center in 
New York City, and colleagues assessed data on 83,482 
participants in the Observational Study of the Women's Health 
Initiative, including 73,973 women who experienced natural 
menopause and 7,763 who experienced surgical menopause.

The researchers found that the risk of Parkinson's disease was 
significantly lower among women experiencing natural menopause 
who had a fertile lifespan greater than 39 years compared to those 
with a fertile lifespan less than 33 years (hazard ratio, 0.76). They 
found that the risk was higher among women with at least four 
pregnancies than in those with three or fewer pregnancies (hazard 
ratio, 1.20). Among women with surgical menopause, they found that 
those who used hormone therapy had a nearly doubled risk 
compared to non-users (hazard ratio, 1.92).

"Prior postmenopausal hormone therapy use was not associated 
with Parkinson's disease among women with natural menopause," 
the authors write.

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Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:14:15 -0800
From:    skrzyniarz <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: new subscriber

I do not post on PIEN leaving it to my pwp partner who is now back in
Australia on a visit. As he is not here, I would like to add some of the
observations that I have learned since meeting him 10 years ago when he was
first dx. There is no cure at this time for PD or any thing which is dx
under the PD umbrella. As it differs in each pwp, it is impossible to state
that what works for one works for all. In my Johns case, he had a dbs last
year which helped most of his ongoing symptoms, but which also includes
sinemet even though far less than he had been taking. It seems  so important
to find some one who is either familiar with what pd is-- or is a movement
disorder neurologist or there is a near by Parkinson's disease association
which knows who to see. Attitude is so important in helping as depression or
thoughts of why me? I am lucky in this that John is someone who acts rather
than thinks of himself as a victim. 

He sees his movement disorder neuro at the least every 6 months--more often
if he feels any changes or return of his symptoms which would indicate
resetting of the dbs stimulator. In his case, he had no other ongoing health
issues so was a good dbs candidate. Balance as in too fast turning around
remains the main daily issue. slow down is the advice he gets. My issue is
what I need to do to keep some kind of order in our lives without taking
away his sense of ability to make personal decisions that will benefit our
lives rather than detract?

Audrey
Seattle






he has not been to the doctor in over a year.  he feels he will just get
more medication or tweaking of his current meds.  this is our 5th doctor
over the past 15 years.

alan's sleep is interrupted with hallucinations occastionally.  wish those
would go away.

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Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:36:30 -0700
From:    rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Wireless "DBS"

Nanoparticles let scientists tickle brain cells wirelessly
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | 6:45 PM ET
CBC News
Using electrical signals to stimulate brain and nerve cells can help people 
recover from injury and improve the lives of those with Parkinson's disease, 
but often requires the surgical implantation of electrodes in the brain, 
which are attached to cumbersome wires.
A group of scientists in Cleveland, Ohio, has now found a new method that 
could one day allow doctors to activate neurons - brain or nerve cells - 
wirelessly using microscopic beads and light.
So far, Case Western Reserve University neuroscientist Ben Strowbridge, 
chemist Clemens Burda, and members of their research groups have tried their 
technique on slices of rat brain tissue and published the results in a 
recent issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie.
The method involves placing beads about 10 nanometres wide - far smaller 
than human cells - close to a neuron. A human hair is about 80,000 
nanometres wide.
The beads are made of semiconductors that get electrically excited when 
light shines on them.
"Essentially, these are the same particles used to sensitize solar cells," 
Burda said.
The illuminated particles produce an electric field or current that 
activates the neurons, which respond with their own measurable electrical 
signals.
In Strowbridge and Burda's experiments, the nanoparticles were attached to a 
very small glass micropipette to make it easier to position the particles, 
but ultimately the researchers hope to be able to place a layer of particles 
on the brain.
The technique has a number of advantages over current methods to 
electrically stimulate the brain, Strowbridge said.
Current methods involve surgery, a much larger metal electrode, typically 
one with a contact about one millimetre - one million nanometres - in 
diameter. It is hooked up to wires that come out of the brain or skin and 
are attached to a control unit.
"It's very invasive and the wires themselves are difficult to deal with," 
Strowbridge said. In addition, current methods involve stimulation at only 
one or two sites at a time.
With a layer of nanoparticles, the light, and therefore the activation, 
could be directed to different areas.
"There's really no other technology that can do that with this degree of 
control or spatial resolution."
If the nanoparticles were placed near the surface of the skin, it is 
possible that they could be activated by shining a light through the skin. 
Otherwise, a fibre optic cable could be used to deliver the light.
Strowbridge and Burda chose to use very small particles in an effort to make 
them as uninvasive as possible. Ultimately, they plan to coat them with a 
biocompatible glass to ensure they are non-toxic.
The technique still needs to be refined and tested on actual rat brains and 
nerves before it can be applied to humans.

Related
Internal Links

Deep brain stimulation could help memory loss: study
Magnetic stimulator aims to treat depression patients
Nerve stimulation may help treat cluster headaches
Electrical stimulation promising option for Parkinson's

Rayilyn Brown
Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:16:06 +0100
From:    mschild <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Addiction: Insights from Parkinson's disease

an article which, for some reason, doesn't reach the list.
So I send the link:

http://www.sciencecodex.com/addiction_insights_from_parkinsons_disease

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Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:32:30 -0700
From:    rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: designer babies coming

Designer babies are coming
The Fertility Institute recently stunned the fertility community by being 
the first company to boldly offer couples the opportunity to screen their 
embryos not only for diseases and gender, but also for completely benign 
characteristics such as eye color, hair color, and complexion. The

Fertility Institutes proudly claims this is just the tip of the iceberg, and 
plans to offer almost any conceivable customization as science makes them 
available. Even as couples from across the globe are flocking in droves to 
pay the company their life's savings for a custom baby, opponents are 
vilifying the company for shattering moral and ethical boundaries. Like it 
or not, the era of designer babies is officially here and there is no going 
back.

For decades now a technology called preimplantation genetic diagnosis, or 
PGD, has enabled In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) clinics to screen embryos for 
more than 100 potentially debilitating and often deadly diseases before the 
embryo is implanted into the mother. A medical revolution has thus unfolded, 
enabling literally tens of thousands of couples and their babies to sidestep 
some of the world's most terrifying diseases.

Take the case of Cindy and John Whitley. Their first child died at the age 
of 9 months from a deadly genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy. 
Genetic analysis uncovered that the Whitley's statistically had a 1 in 4 
chance of creating a child with spinal muscular atrophy each time they 
conceived. Unwilling to risk having another child with the deadly disorder, 
the Whitley's used PGD to conceive three children, all healthy.

Yet PGD allows scientists to screen embryos for much more than just genetic 
diseases, and therein lies the promise - and the peril - of designer babies.

Gender was the first major genetic trait beyond genetic disease to be widely 
manipulated through PGD. The Fertility Institutes is a leader in the field, 
claiming nearly 100% success in providing couples with a baby of a 
predetermined gender. Completely healthy and fertile couples from all over 
the world are coming to The Fertility Institutes everyday to confront the 
risk, the expense, and the discomfort of conceiving their baby in a test 
tube, all for the ability to choose the sex of their baby.
Gender selection is a big business. Dr. Steinberg, Director at The Fertility 
Institutes, claims that they are performing on the order of 10 gender 
selection fertilizations every week, each for a fee of $18,400. Although In 
Vitro Fertilizations were originally designed to help parents that were 
unable to conceive children naturally, Steinberg says that a staggering 70% 
of their clients have absolutely no difficulty conceiving children, coming 
to the Institute purely for opportunity to choose the sex of their baby.

Now, in the latest twist in the march towards designer babies, The Fertility 
Institutes says they will soon be able to offer couples the ability to 
screen their embryos for eye color, hair color, and complexion. The 
Institute cannot change the DNA of the donating couple - if neither the 
mother nor the father has genes for green eyes, for example, then the 
Institute cannot give them a baby with green eyes. Yet within the 
constraints inherent in the DNA of the donating couple, The Fertility 
Institute is willing to screen embryos for these traits. The Fertility 
Institute wants to offer several other customizations, and many more are 
sure to be released in the coming years as the science behind screening for 
them is developed.

In many countries around the world PGD is heavily regulated and designer 
babies are strictly out of the question. Yet in a strange paradox, even as 
the United States is one of the world's most regulated nations in several 
areas of medical research and development, PGD is completely legal and 
unregulated in the United States. Hence, even as the United States is 
hindered by regulation in areas such as stem cell research, the country 
seems poised to be a world leader in the designer baby revolution.

At the moment, The Fertility Institutes carries the mantle as the company at 
the forefront of this revolution, and as such they are a lightning rod for 
the praise and adoration, but also the bitter and severe anger, of those on 
both sides of this great moral debate.

The genie is officially out of the bottle, in fact it probably has been for 
a long time. There is no stopping the designer baby revolution. Even as some 
countries try to clamp down on it, others will allow it. Progress, if we 
call it that, will continue unabated. A similar phenomenon has unfolded with 
embryonic stem cell research in recent years. Even as the Bush 
administration almost completely strangled US investment and research in 
this promising field, other countries invested heavily and advances 
continued.

A new generation of genetically enhanced designer babies is inevitable in 
the coming decades. Yet for those of us that are merely "normal", do not 
despair. Even as we are outmatched by the next generation genetically, a 
host of new technologies from chip implants to gene therapy may allow us to 
keep up, allowing us to enhance ourselves in equally transformative ways. 
The future will indeed be interesting.

Rayilyn Brown
Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:37:23 +0000
From:    [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Why hasn't President Obama yet  signed an executive order for ESCR?

he can't find a working pen ?

Quoting "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>:

> An article in Nature News (online Feb 24, 2009) raises the possibility of
> legal challenges to an Obama executive order and that there might be a  need
> for accompanying legislation. see:
> 
> Stem-cell inaction prompts concern
> Legal complexities may underlie the delay in fulfilling election pledge.
> 
> http://www.nature.com/news/2009/0902.../4571068a.html
> 
> excerpt:
> "Some Washington insiders suggest that there is no more to the delay than a
> president consumed by a major economic crisis. Others note that the new
> administration had (at the time Nature went to press) yet to install a
> National Institutes of Health (NIH) director or secretary of health and human
> services — key people the president will need to rely on to enact an
> executive order and serve as the public face of the administration on a
> controversial issue.
> 
> Yet others contend that Obama's lack of action five weeks into his presidency
> highlights the complexity of the legal issues involved in reversing the Bush
> ban, which limited federal funding for stem-cell research to a score of lines
> derived before 9 August 2001.
> 
> Louis Guenin, a lecturer on ethics at Harvard Medical School in Cambridge,
> Massachusetts, believes that an Obama executive order could be successfully
> challenged in court in the absence of enacted legislation explicitly
> approving federal funding for stem-cell research. That, he says, is because
> of the Dickey–Wicker amendment: a law first enacted by Congress in 1995 and
> renewed each year since, which prohibits US funding of research in which
> embryos are created or destroyed. "
> 
> The article states some of the top stem cell researchers such as George Daley
> and John Gearhart are now looking into the legal issues.    
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Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:26:20 -0500
From:    Rick McGirr <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: new subscriber

Welcome Patti Zapf. Don't give up.  Of course there is no cure for PD, but
all the "tweaking" of our drug cocktails, all the "holistic" alternatives we
try, all the staying abreast of all the news that we do, all are signs of
hope.  We continue to hope for better times ahead.  Sounds like Alan's other
health issues complicate things quite a bit, especially regarding his sum
total of drugs that he must combine every day.  Have you ever been to a
pharmacological expert to consider what may be the better combinations,
between the heart meds the PD meds, etc?  Just from your letter, that's
where my thoughts first go, but I'm no expert either, just another PWP.  I
exercise, even tho I'm no athelete, and I try to eat for health, and I just
don't try to cram a whole lot of activity into any one day.  The only thing
I do with the meds is to try to be consistent in my dose schedule.

Good luck!
Rick McGirr

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Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: new subscriber

i have joined this to learn all i can to help my husband, alan, who is  
63 and been diagnosed with pd for the last 15 years.  we live in  
dallas and have been seeing a neuroligist at ut southwestern.  he has  
not been to the doctor in over a year.  he feels he will just get more  
medication or tweaking of his current meds.  this is our 5th doctor  
over the past 15 years.

alan's sleep is interrupted with hallucinations occastionally.  wish  
those would go away.
i googled comtan and sinemet  which have these side affects.

his current regime is all medications.  comtan, carbidopa-levadopa,  
amantadine, plus he takes heart meds crestor, metropolol, plavix
he supplements with magnesium (constipation), vitamin e, aspirin.

he recently has fallen twice and i think it may be from the crestor,  
as he just started this 4 months ago, instead of lipitor.  i am trying  
to encourage him to be more wholistic with a statin.  anyone with any  
ideas, please pass on.

he said the other day he wished he could go to the doctor and get a  
cure.  wishful he knows.

dbs does not interest him.  i am massaging him and he does stretches.  
he is extrememly hunched over from back pain.  i wonder if that is  
from the drugs he is taking???
any suggestions are appreciated.

his voice is so soft, we are trying to find a portable microphone that  
could be used in social settings.  any suggestions would be  
appreciated.  he has tried Lee Silverman training.

alan has a great attitude mostly.  he doesn't like to rock the boat,  
but makes profound statements at the right time, that amaze me and  
teach me how to handle things differently.

i have heard alot about a neurologist,  dr. jankovich in houston, tx  
that i would like to take him too, but it is 4 hours away and  
expensive. (he is not a Medicare provider)  anyone seen this doctor?

we have not been impressed with our past neurologists as time goes on,  
because it is the same thing, more drugs, different combinations, more  
drugs.  the drug companies are making a killing.

we did attend a week long over night session this past summer here in  
dallas ($2750), with a fellow from australia, noel batten, claiming  
parkinson's is the biggest medical blunder, and positive results can  
happen with a week long visit.  it was a highly anticipated week , we  
learned alot about our own selves and strengthened our marriage.
chiropractic care, massage, mental soul searching of past traumas were  
most of the routine.
did we see physical improvement, yes, some, after the chiropractic  
treatments of this wonderful chiro doctor we found during this week.  
results were not long lasting..
alan went one time a week for 6 months, which ended in dec 2008, as  
driving was difficult for him to get there, and i have a job that kept  
me from taking him.

i am trying to help my husband live a quality life.  thank you for  
your suggestions.

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Date:    Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:27:41 +0500
From:    Haroon Basheer Shaikh <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: new subscriber

patti,
unfortunately PD is a degenerative disease and all the doctor can do is to
tweak dosages to improve movement. Turn to Allah (GOD) and seek spiritual
help and encourage allen to remain positive. Cheers
Haroon
PwP 62 years of age, diagnosed 6 yeasr back

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:53 PM, PATTI ZAPF <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> i have joined this to learn all i can to help my husband, alan, who is 63
> and been diagnosed with pd for the last 15 years.  we live in dallas and
> have been seeing a neuroligist at ut southwestern.  he has not been to the
> doctor in over a year.  he feels he will just get more medication or
> tweaking of his current meds.  this is our 5th doctor over the past 15
> years.
>
> alan's sleep is interrupted with hallucinations occastionally.  wish those
> would go away.
> i googled comtan and sinemet  which have these side affects.
>
> his current regime is all medications.  comtan, carbidopa-levadopa,
> amantadine, plus he takes heart meds crestor, metropolol, plavix
> he supplements with magnesium (constipation), vitamin e, aspirin.
>
> he recently has fallen twice and i think it may be from the crestor, as he
> just started this 4 months ago, instead of lipitor.  i am trying to
> encourage him to be more wholistic with a statin.  anyone with any ideas,
> please pass on.
>
> he said the other day he wished he could go to the doctor and get a cure.
>  wishful he knows.
>
> dbs does not interest him.  i am massaging him and he does stretches.  he
> is extrememly hunched over from back pain.  i wonder if that is from the
> drugs he is taking???
> any suggestions are appreciated.
>
> his voice is so soft, we are trying to find a portable microphone that
> could be used in social settings.  any suggestions would be appreciated.  he
> has tried Lee Silverman training.
>
> alan has a great attitude mostly.  he doesn't like to rock the boat, but
> makes profound statements at the right time, that amaze me and teach me how
> to handle things differently.
>
> i have heard alot about a neurologist,  dr. jankovich in houston, tx that i
> would like to take him too, but it is 4 hours away and expensive. (he is not
> a Medicare provider)  anyone seen this doctor?
>
> we have not been impressed with our past neurologists as time goes on,
> because it is the same thing, more drugs, different combinations, more
> drugs.  the drug companies are making a killing.
>
> we did attend a week long over night session this past summer here in
> dallas ($2750), with a fellow from australia, noel batten, claiming
> parkinson's is the biggest medical blunder, and positive results can happen
> with a week long visit.  it was a highly anticipated week , we learned alot
> about our own selves and strengthened our marriage.
> chiropractic care, massage, mental soul searching of past traumas were most
> of the routine.
> did we see physical improvement, yes, some, after the chiropractic
> treatments of this wonderful chiro doctor we found during this week.
>  results were not long lasting..
> alan went one time a week for 6 months, which ended in dec 2008, as driving
> was difficult for him to get there, and i have a job that kept me from
> taking him.
>
> i am trying to help my husband live a quality life.  thank you for your
> suggestions.
>
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Date:    Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:35:10 +0200
From:    Nic Marais <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Wireless "DBS"

Finally, Having PD is gonna be an enlightening experience...;-)

Nic 56/14


On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:36 AM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Nanoparticles let scientists tickle brain cells wirelessly
> Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | 6:45 PM ET
> CBC News
> Using electrical signals to stimulate brain and nerve cells can help people
> recover from injury and improve the lives of those with Parkinson's disease,
> but often requires the surgical implantation of electrodes in the brain,
> which are attached to cumbersome wires.
> A group of scientists in Cleveland, Ohio, has now found a new method that
> could one day allow doctors to activate neurons - brain or nerve cells -
> wirelessly using microscopic beads and light.
> So far, Case Western Reserve University neuroscientist Ben Strowbridge,
> chemist Clemens Burda, and members of their research groups have tried their
> technique on slices of rat brain tissue and published the results in a
> recent issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie.
> The method involves placing beads about 10 nanometres wide - far smaller
> than human cells - close to a neuron. A human hair is about 80,000
> nanometres wide.
> The beads are made of semiconductors that get electrically excited when
> light shines on them.
> "Essentially, these are the same particles used to sensitize solar cells,"
> Burda said.
> The illuminated particles produce an electric field or current that
> activates the neurons, which respond with their own measurable electrical
> signals.
> In Strowbridge and Burda's experiments, the nanoparticles were attached to
> a very small glass micropipette to make it easier to position the particles,
> but ultimately the researchers hope to be able to place a layer of particles
> on the brain.
> The technique has a number of advantages over current methods to
> electrically stimulate the brain, Strowbridge said.
> Current methods involve surgery, a much larger metal electrode, typically
> one with a contact about one millimetre - one million nanometres - in
> diameter. It is hooked up to wires that come out of the brain or skin and
> are attached to a control unit.
> "It's very invasive and the wires themselves are difficult to deal with,"
> Strowbridge said. In addition, current methods involve stimulation at only
> one or two sites at a time.
> With a layer of nanoparticles, the light, and therefore the activation,
> could be directed to different areas.
> "There's really no other technology that can do that with this degree of
> control or spatial resolution."
> If the nanoparticles were placed near the surface of the skin, it is
> possible that they could be activated by shining a light through the skin.
> Otherwise, a fibre optic cable could be used to deliver the light.
> Strowbridge and Burda chose to use very small particles in an effort to
> make them as uninvasive as possible. Ultimately, they plan to coat them with
> a biocompatible glass to ensure they are non-toxic.
> The technique still needs to be refined and tested on actual rat brains and
> nerves before it can be applied to humans.
>
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>
> Rayilyn Brown
> Director AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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Date:    Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:09:21 +0530
From:    Moneesha Sharma <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Wireless "DBS"

> Finally, Having PD is gonna be an enlightening experience...;-)
>
> Nic 56/14
>
>
LOL, Nic

Moneesha

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Date:    Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:28:18 +0100
From:    mschild <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Wireless "DBS"

> Finally, Having PD is gonna be an enlightening experience...;-)

Who is going to keep the remote?
maryse

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