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How can a person with PD "lay comfortably flat on your back for up to one hour in the MRI scanner" without anesthesia? On 11/22/2011 10:24 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > FYI > > While participating in another study at the NIH, I recently learned that the NIH/NINDS is conducting a study on DBS surgery for movement disorders. They will perform the surgery and follow up programming for 2 years, free of charge. , Travel expenses are included for visits to the NIH. I don't think many people are aware of this study. > > The following Inclusion / exclusion criteria is from Beverly McElroy, a Research Nurse Specialist.in the NINDS Parkinson’s program > > “Who Can Be In This Study > You may be eligible for this research study if you > * Have PD, generalized dystonia, hemidystonia, cervical dystonia, or essential tremor (ET); > * Have PD that improves with levodopa (Sinemet); > * Have tried medications for your movement disorder but still have severe symptoms; > * Are able to provide your own informed consent for this study. > > Who May Not Be In This Study > You may not be eligible for this research study if you: > * Have dementia, depression or another psychiatric disorder, based on our examination and review of your medical records; > * Have metal in your body which would make having an MRI scan unsafe, such as pacemakers, medication pumps, aneurysm clips, metallic prostheses (including metal pins and rods, heart valves or cochlear implants), shrapnel fragments, permanent eye liner or small > metal fragments in the eye that welders and other metal workers may have. > * Are uncomfortable in small closed spaces (have claustrophobia) so that you would feel uncomfortable in the MRI machine. > * Cannot lay comfortably flat on your back for up to one hour in the MRI scanner > * Have any medical condition that would make your participation unsafe, such as bleeding or clotting disorder, uncontrolled high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, or lung disease; > * Have PD, dystonia or tremor symptoms due to a known cause; > * Are pregnant” > > . If you want to find out more, you can contact Beverly at the NIH. > Phone: 301.402.4479 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn