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Adaptive deep brain stimulation in advanced Parkinson disease

Adaptive deep brain stimulation in advanced Parkinson disease

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Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) could potentially be used to interact with pathological brain signals to intervene and ameliorate their effects in disease states. Here, we provide proof-of-principle of this approach by using a BCI to interpret pathological brain activity in patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) and to use this feedback to control when therapeutic deep brain stimulation (DBS) is delivered. Our goal...

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George Churchill
George Churchill (Student)
1 year ago
Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder that can be used as a starting point, but it looks like this has the potential to be used for other disorders. Since the brain controls a lot of the body, it is possible that in the future we may be able to send signals to the part of the brain that controls a broken part of the body in order to enhance the healing process if the brain does not know how to heal that part of the body.