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Directional DBS system targets GPi to relieve Parkinson’s symptoms
Abbott received FDA approval for an expanded indication for its Deep Brain Stimulation system, to include targeting of internal globus pallidus. The GPi plays an integral role in motor function. When targeted with DBS, Parkonson’s symptoms not adequately controlled by medication can improve. The directed stimulation system is now approved for all major targets used […]
Injected nanoparticles could reduce TBI swelling
In what he believes might be the first “real and practical treatment for people with significant traumatic brain injury,” Northwestern’s John Kessler was able to significantly reduce brain swelling and damage by injecting nanoparticles into the bloodstream within two hours after the injury. The very promising technology has, so far, only been tested on mice. […]
Study: Focused ultrasound reduced essential tremor symptoms for 3 years
In a recent study, Casey Halpern and colleagues used ultrasound to relieve symptoms of essential tremor, for up to three years. The treatment is used when medication does not work. 76 people with an average age of 71 who had essential tremor for an average of 17 years were studied. 56 received focused ultrasound thalamotomy, and […]
Remote, robotic surgery for aneurysm, stroke
Vitor Mendes Pereira at Toronto Western Hospital and Krembil Brain Institute .used a Siemens Healthineers-developed robot arm to help remove an aneurysm. A catheter was guided to the patient’s brain from an incision made near the groin in the interventional procedure. The CorPath GRX robotics platform is controlled by joysticks and a touchscreen. A bedside technician […]
High resolution brain map traces wiring within, between, thalamus and cortex
Allen Institute scientists have created a high-resolution brain map, which traces thousands of connections between brain areas in mice, which they believe can help us understand how brain circuitry changes in diseases and disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. This is the most detailed map of connections in a mammalian brain to date, tracing neural […]
MRI-detected microbleeds may help determine disability after brain injury
NINDS researcher Lawrence Latour has used an advanced imaging method to detect vascular microbleeds after head injury. The lesions, which are too small to be detected by CT, may predict worse outcomes. 439 head injury patients who were treated in the emergency department were studied. MRI scans within 48 hours of injury, and again […]
DBS study shows long-term antidepressant effect in treatment-resistant depression
Helen Mayberg at Mount Sinai has published a study showing that deep brain stimulation of the subcallosal cingulate provides a lasting antidepressant effect in treatment-resistant depression. According to Mayberg: “Over eight years of observation, most of our study participants experienced an antidepressant response to the deep brain stimulation of Area 25 that was robust and […]
Implanted electrodes + algorithm allow thought-driven 4 limb exoskeleton control
Alim Louis Benabid and Clinatec/University of Grenoble colleagues have developed a brain computer interface controlled exoskeleton that enabled a tetraplegic man to walk and move his arms. Two 64 electrode brain implants drove the system. Benabid explained the benefits, stating that “previous brain-computer studies have used more invasive recording devices implanted beneath the outermost membrane of the […]
Christof Koch on brain health – ApplySci @ Stanford, 2019
Click to view Christof Koch’s talk on brain health – recorded at ApplySci’s 11th Wearable Tech + Digital Health + Neurotech conference at Stanford University on February 21, 2019. Join us at the 12th and 13th ApplySci conferences, at Harvard Medical School on November 14, 2019, and February 11-12, 2020 at the Quadrus Center on […]