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The POST — August 2014

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Journey to the center of the brain

Since 2002, UF Health physicians Michael S. Okun, M.D., and Kelly D. Foote, M.D., have been using a technique called deep brain stimulation to treat patients with movement-limiting conditions. In this issue of The POST, we highlight one of these patients, and how Okun, Foote and their team are correcting the brain’s circuitry.