Stacy Merritt
University of Florida
6 Papers
22 Citations
Stacy Merritt is an academic researcher from University of Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Deep brain stimulation & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications. Previous affiliations of Stacy Merritt include McKnight Brain Institute.
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Papers
A Trial of Scheduled Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome: Moving Away From Continuous Deep Brain Stimulation Paradigms
Michael S. Okun,Kelly D. Foote,Samuel S. Wu,Herbert E. Ward,Dawn Bowers,Ramon L. Rodriguez,Irene A. Malaty,Wayne K. Goodman,Donald M. Gilbert,Harrison C. Walker,Jonathan W. Mink,Stacy Merritt,Takashi Morishita,Justin C. Sanchez +13 more
TL;DR: This study provides safety and proof of concept that a scheduled DBS approach could improve motor and vocal tics in Tourette syndrome and holds promise as a potential first step for shifting movement and neuropsychiatric disorders toward more responsive neuromodulation approaches.
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Selection of deep brain stimulation candidates in private neurology practices: referral may be simpler than a computerized triage system.
Genko Oyama,Ramon L. Rodriguez,Jacob D. Jones,Camille Swartz,Stacy Merritt,Richard Unger,Monica Hubmann,Alain Delgado,Ely S. Simon,Glen M. Doniger,Dawn Bowers,Kelly D. Foote,Hubert H. Fernandez,Michael S. Okun +13 more
TL;DR: A computerized deep brain stimulation (DBS) screening module is compared with traditional triage by a movement disorders specialized neurologist as the gold standard with no change in results.
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Deep brain stimulation response in pathologically confirmed cases of multiple system atrophy
Michael Ullman,Vinata Vedam-Mai,Andrew S. Resnick,Anthony T. Yachnis,Nikolaus R. McFarland,Stacy Merritt,Pamela Zeilman,Kelly D. Foote,Michael S. Okun +8 more
TL;DR: There was reported transient benefit in levodopa responsive features that indicate deep brain stimulation may be an option for select multiple system atrophy patients, and further investigation is necessary.
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A pilot study of human brain tissue post-magnetic resonance imaging: information from the National Deep Brain Stimulation Brain Tissue Network (DBS-BTN).
Michael Ullman,Vinata Vedam-Mai,Nolie E. Krock,Atchar Sudhyadhom,Kelly D. Foote,Anthony T. Yachnis,Stacy Merritt,Andrew S. Resnick,Pamela Zeilman,Michael S. Okun +9 more
TL;DR: No clinical signs or symptoms or MRI-induced adverse effects were discovered in the DBS-BTN database, and the lack of tissue related changes following prolonged exposure to 3T MRI in the post-mortem brains suggest that MRI scanning in DBS patients may be relatively safe, especially under current guidelines requiring a head receive coil.
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The national DBS brain tissue network pilot study: need for more tissue and more standardization
Vinata Vedam-Mai,Nolie E. Krock,Michael Ullman,Kelly D. Foote,W. Shain,K. Smith,Anthony T. Yachnis,Dennis A. Steindler,Brent A. Reynolds,Stacy Merritt,Fernando Pagan,J. Marjama-Lyons,P. Hogarth,Andrew S. Resnick,Pamela Zeilman,Michael S. Okun +15 more
TL;DR: Preliminary results demonstrated the feasibility and utility of creating a National DBS-BTN resource for the scientific community, and plans to improve the techniques to remedy omitted clinical/research data, and expand the Network to include a larger donor pool.