About Stereotactic Brain Biopsy Prof Shahzad Shams is the first Neurosurgeon in Punjab and KPK to start Stereotactic neurosurgery in the Private sector which involves mapping the brain in a three dimensional coordinate system. With the help of MRI and CT scans and 3D computer workstations, he is able to accurately target any area of…
Although the origin of functional neurosurgery was motivated by a need to improve psychosurgery, the first patient had a motor disorder (Huntington’s chorea). There was even shown with a research team at the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, based at the University of West Virginia, about 10 miles away, across the state line from the Buckhalter home…
The International Neuromodulation Society defines Neuromodulation as “the change in neuronal activity through electrical stimulation or chemicals delivery to targeted sites of the body.” This is done to normalize – or modulate – nerve function. Neuromodulation is an emerging technique which started after it became possible to store and to control electricity in the mid…