Brain stimulation technique improves Parkinson’s music connector treatment

Brain stimulation technique improves Parkinson’s music connector treatment

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Ohio music conducting uses a deep brain stimulating to combat Parkinson’s disease.

Rand Likok, 70, was diagnosed with a symphony orchestra exit, just before his sixty birthday, according to a press statement issued by Cleveland Clinic.

“My doctor told me at that time [a Parkinson’s diagnosis] The death penalty was not, and there will be progress during the next few years to help my treatment, “Likok said.

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Even after the medicine system, the symptoms of Laycock continued to progress over the next 11 years.

Rand Likok (in the photo), a symphony orchestra connector, was diagnosed with Barkinson nearly 11 years ago, before his sixtieth birthday. (Cleveland Clinic)

When the tremors in his right hand began to increase the intensity and frequency, he began exploring other treatments.

“The tremor will really start to be clear if I have a deadline for something with the orchestra,” Likok told Cleveland brands.

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It also began to suffer from movement defects, which are involuntary movements that could be a side effect of long -term use of some Parkinson’s drugs.

Michal Gostkowski, DO, Cleveland Clinic neurologist, presented Laycock to the alternative option to stimulate the deep brain (DBS), which was described as a “heartbeat regulator”.

The music conductor, Rand Laycock, was photographed, in the picture side. On the left, he puts in a hospital bed wearing a garment looking at the camera with a tiring smile, and his forehead dressed. On the right, it is photographed from the front under the theatrical lights that lights up silhouette for him as he turns the (unrestricted) orchestra with a stick in his right hand, and it seems that he focuses with his thumb and finger on his right hand with glove without a finger.

“My doctor told me at that time [a Parkinson’s diagnosis] The death penalty was not, and there will be progress during the next few years to help my treatment, “said Likok Cleveland Clinic. (Cleveland Clinic)

DBS is “a treatment that includes an implanted device that provides a direct electric current to your minds,” according to Cleveland Clinic.

There are billions of neurons in the brain, which continue using electrical and chemical signals. Some brain cases, including Parkinson’s, can make these neurons less active, as the same source mentioned.

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Deep brain stimulation applies an electric current to make these neurons more active.

In May 2024, Laycock received brain transplant as a first step from DBS treatment. Then he activated his devices and prepared with the programmed programmer, which is the detailed version.

“I know that the idea of ​​brain surgery can be frightening, but it is a measure that changes life that allows you to become yourself again.”

“When it comes to programming the device, we try different settings at first,” Hennis said. “Then we set them during the follow -up visits and we learn more about how to control its symptoms.”

After seeing success for about a year, Laycock is offered to a more advanced form than a DBS called a deep, adaptive brain stimulation, or AdBS.

Rand Laycock, the music conductor that is treated for Parkinson's disease sit in an office next to a man wearing a suit that faced away from the camera and towards an office with a computer and a tablet. He sat in front of the white blackboard and what appears to be a blood pressure machine in the background, a dress and put it on its width while raising his hands in the air, as if he was running an orchestra

“Traditional DBS gives the same 24 -hour brain stimulus per day. What makes AdBS different is that it can adapt and adjust the actual time.” (Cleveland Clinic)

“The traditional DBS gives the same stimulus to the brain 24 hours a day. What makes AdBS different is that it can adapt to the actual time.”

“By tracking a specific frequency in the brain, it can increase or reduce stimulation as needed to control better symptoms.”

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Likok was a good candidate for advanced treatment because its symptoms were fluctuated throughout the day, which means that the treatment that can adapt to these fluctuations may be more effective, according to the clinic.

“Since Rand is a music conductor, tuning brains with ADBS would reduce the risk of being tremors if his medicine is wearing in the middle of a concert or performance,” Heinigz said.

Rand Laycock sits up in a glove bed wearing a dress, smiling in the camera with wide eyes carrying an orange lollipop that has been bitten

Laycock was a good candidate for advanced treatment because its symptoms fluctuated throughout the day. (Rand Likok)

Because of his previous positive experience with DBS, Laycock jumped into an opportunity to receive the new version.

“It looked as if it would make my life more simple – you don’t have to worry about controlling the settings of my device and my drugs frequently,” said Cleveland Clinic.

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The cultivated Mosul device enables a new adaptive technology, so it was just the issue of working with Hennigs to update the settings.

Laycock started receiving AdBS in March 2025. Now, his tremors ended up with the exception of severe stress or anxiety times, according to the statement.

In a picture side by side, (on the left), Rand Laycock Rand Laycock sits on the ground with what appears to be his granddaughter on his right leg, and he carries an open book where both look at one of his pages. On the right side, Laycock is photographed with what appears to be his wife on the left side and his daughter carrying a yellow flower in the middle where they all face the smiling camera

Throughout his health trip, Laycock was not only supported by his care team, but also his family. (Rand Likok)

“And my movement defect offers well under control,” he said. “My symptoms are minimal compared to the way it was, and many of this are due to the stimulating of the deep, adaptive brain.”

Laycock is now close to his forty -seventh year as a music chief, as mentioned, and looks forward to spending time with his wife, children and grandson.

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Gostkowski encourages Parkinson’s patients to ask their doctors about DBS or AdBS as an option to control symptoms and improve the quality of life.

“I know that the idea of ​​brain surgery can be frightening, but it changes life that allows you to become yourself again,” Laycock added.

KHLOE Quill is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital. She and the Lifestyle team cover a set of story topics including food, drink, travel and health.

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