DR. MEUNIER, FRANCE - UPDATE ON STUDY
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:27 pm
Hello everyone from Peggy
Just received this update from NORD on Dr. Meunier's study:
Here is Dr. Meunier's interim progress report from her study titled :Is Cerebellum a Potential Therapeutic Target for Primary Orthostatic Tremor (POT)? -- A Pilot Study --
"Our aim is to find out whether an artificial stimulation of the cerebellum (a part of the brain situated at the back and bottom of the head) can improve the orthostatic tremor. To that end we stimulated daily for 5 days, 9 patients with a primary orthostatic tremor. The amplitude of the tremor was measured before and after the stimulations by recording the muscle activity of the legs while the patients were standing.
After the stimulations the patients found that their tremor was not improved, yet the muscle activity caused by the tremor was clearly decreased. This suggests that the stimulation was effective but not enough to be felt as beneficial. In the same time we scanned the brain of the patients by using MRI. The analysis of the brain images has not been done yet."
FYI, just to make sure the above information is clear, when Dr. Meunier writes about, "artificial stimulation of the cerebellum," she's referring to TMS -- trans-magnetic stimulation (nothing invasive!).
This is Dr. Meunier's first six-month interim report. Her study is to go on for 18 months, so her next interim report is due around October, 2013.
Just received this update from NORD on Dr. Meunier's study:
Here is Dr. Meunier's interim progress report from her study titled :Is Cerebellum a Potential Therapeutic Target for Primary Orthostatic Tremor (POT)? -- A Pilot Study --
"Our aim is to find out whether an artificial stimulation of the cerebellum (a part of the brain situated at the back and bottom of the head) can improve the orthostatic tremor. To that end we stimulated daily for 5 days, 9 patients with a primary orthostatic tremor. The amplitude of the tremor was measured before and after the stimulations by recording the muscle activity of the legs while the patients were standing.
After the stimulations the patients found that their tremor was not improved, yet the muscle activity caused by the tremor was clearly decreased. This suggests that the stimulation was effective but not enough to be felt as beneficial. In the same time we scanned the brain of the patients by using MRI. The analysis of the brain images has not been done yet."
FYI, just to make sure the above information is clear, when Dr. Meunier writes about, "artificial stimulation of the cerebellum," she's referring to TMS -- trans-magnetic stimulation (nothing invasive!).
This is Dr. Meunier's first six-month interim report. Her study is to go on for 18 months, so her next interim report is due around October, 2013.