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Helen Bronte-StewartAcademic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Associate Professor - Med Center Line
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Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
BA
University of York, England
Mathematics and physics
MSE
University of Pennsylvania
Bioengineering
MD
University of Pennsylvania
Medicine
Research Interests
My research focus is human motor control and brain pathophysiology in movement disorders. Our overall goal is to understand the role of the basal ganglia electrical activity in the pathogenesis of movement disorders. We have developed novel computerized technology to measure fine, limb and postural movement. With these we are measuring local field potentials in basal ganglia nuclei in patients with Parkinson's disease and dystonian and correlating brain signalling with motor behavior.
Publications
- Koop MM, Andrzejewski A, Hill BC, Heit G, Bronte-Stewart HM "Improvement in a quantitative measure of bradykinesia after microelectrode recording in patients with Parkinson's disease during deep brain stimulation surgery." Mov Disord 2006; More »
- Pahwa R, Factor SA, Lyons KE, Ondo WG, Gronseth G, Bronte-Stewart H, Hallett M, Miyasaki J, Stevens J, Weiner WJ "Practice Parameter: Treatment of Parkinson disease with motor fluctuations and dyskinesia (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology." Neurology 2006; More »
- Wingeier B, Tcheng T, Koop MM, Hill BC, Heit G, Bronte-Stewart HM "Intra-operative STN DBS attenuates the prominent beta rhythm in the STN in Parkinson's disease." Exp Neurol 2006; 197: 1: 244-51 More »
- Shivitz N, Koop MM, Fahimi J, Heit G, Bronte-Stewart HM "Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation improves certain aspects of postural control in Parkinson's disease, whereas medication does not." Mov Disord 2006; More »
- Taylor Tavares AL, Jefferis GS, Koop M, Hill BC, Hastie T, Heit G, Bronte-Stewart HM "Quantitative measurements of alternating finger tapping in Parkinson's disease correlate with UPDRS motor disability and reveal the improvement in fine motor control from medication and deep brain stimulation." Mov Disord 2005; More »
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