Parkinson’s symptoms relieved
Removing the part of the brain that controls habitual movements could relieve symptoms in Parkinson’s disease sufferers.
http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_...ptoms-relieved
A team of scientists from the University of Sheffield believe that removing part of the basal ganglia that controls habitual movement could help sufferers regain smooth movements. Removing this part of the brain means goal-directed movements are not competing with distorted inhibitory signals from the malfunctioning habitual control system.