New Jersey’s Riverview Medical Center to Offer Brain Stimulation Procedure

Riverview Medical Center, part of Meridian Neuroscience, is one of the first hospitals in New Jersey to offer its patients deep brain stimulation (DBS) — a breakthrough procedure for treating essential tremors and Parkinson’s disease.

DBS functions like a “pacemaker” for the brain, using electrodes implanted in the brain to send out electrical impulses to areas that are linked to disorders. When treating Parkinson’s disease, for example, the inserted DBS device (Activa PC by Medtronic) sends electrical impulses through a wire into the brain to control the movement center. The stimulation blocks abnormal activity in the brain and relieves patients of tremors, rigidity, slowness of movement, and stiffness; it may help with other problems associated with their conditions, as well. For more information, click here to read the full release.