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deep brain stimulation

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Main Entry:  deep brain stimulation
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a type of medical treatment involving an implanted electrical stimulus device, used to control tremors in patients who do not respond to medication
Example:  Parkinson's and essential tremor patients were studied after deep brain stimulation of the ventrolateral thalamus in the US and in Europe.
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