Neuroscience

Baylor Neuroscience Center offers comprehensive diagnosis and treatment for patients with neuromuscular disorders. These disorders include Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, dystonia, Tourette’s syndrome, Huntington’s disease, chorea, essential tremor and other less-common movement disorders.

Diagnostic modalities include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), electrophysiologic studies, electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG). Treatment procedures range from deep brain stimulation (DBS), and physical, occupational, and speech therapies to Baclofen pump programming and neurotoxin therapy (botulinum toxin).

Deep brain stimulation suppresses tremor by delivering mild electrical stimulation to block brain signals that cause the uncontrollable shaking, rigidity, gait disorder and other symptoms of some movement disorders. Recent research shows that the beneficial effect of DBS on motor symptoms is also accompanied by an improvement in qualityof-life indicators for patients with Parkinson’s disease.

To treat patients with movement disorders, the Baylor Neuroscience Center provides access to the expertise and services of Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Baylor Research Institute, and the Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas departments of neurosurgery, neuropathology, neuroradiology and nuclear medicine.