Electrode geometries for efficient neural stimulation

BE Gliner - US Patent 7,221,981, 2007 - Google Patents
Electrodes designed in accordance with the present invention may selectively employ arc
shaped contacts; variations in contact number, positioning, spacing, and/or distribution; …

Methods and apparatus for effectuating a lasting change in a neural-function of a patient

AD Firlik, J Balzer, BE Gliner, AJ Levy - US Patent 7,672,730, 2010 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for treating an impaired neural function in a brain of a patient. In one
embodiment, a method for treating a neural function in a brain of a patient includes …

Loss of white matter microstructural integrity is associated with adverse neurological outcome in tuberous sclerosis complex

JM Peters, M Sahin, VK Vogel-Farley, SS Jeste… - Academic radiology, 2012 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic
neurocutaneous syndrome in which cognitive and social-behavioral outcomes for patients …

The claustrum and its projection system in the human brain: a microsurgical and tractographic anatomical study

JC Fernández-Miranda, AL Rhoton, Y Kakizawa… - Journal of …, 2008 - thejns.org
Object The goal in this study was to examine the microsurgical and tractographic anatomy of
the claustrum and its projection fibers, and to analyze the functional and surgical …

Prediction of visual field deficits by diffusion tensor imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

X Chen, D Weigel, O Ganslandt, M Buchfelder… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Visual field deficits due to optic radiation injury are a common complication of temporal
lobectomy in epilepsy surgery. In this prospective study, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) …

Prosodic processing in the developing brain

F Homae, H Watanabe, T Nakano, G Taga - Neuroscience research, 2007 - Elsevier
Speech prosody is considered to be one of the most important sources of information for
infants in acquiring their native language. Using multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy in …

Asymmetry analysis of cingulum based on scale‐invariant parameterization by diffusion tensor imaging

G Gong, T Jiang, C Zhu, Y Zang, F Wang… - Human brain …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Current analysis of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is based mostly on a region of interest
(ROI) in an image dataset, which is specified by users. This method is not always reliable …

Advances in autism neuroimaging research for the clinician and geneticist

JE Lainhart - American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This review focuses on recent advances in the in vivo study of the whole brain in idiopathic
autism. The brain is abnormally large in some but not all children with autism during post …

Increased white matter connectivity in euthymic bipolar patients: diffusion tensor tractography between the subgenual cingulate and the amygdalo-hippocampal …

J Houenou, M Wessa, G Douaud, M Leboyer… - Molecular …, 2007 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder has been associated with anatomical as well as functional abnormalities in
a brain network that mediates normal and impaired emotion regulation. Previous brain …

Diffusion tensor imaging and white matter tractography in patients with brainstem lesions

X Chen, D Weigel, O Ganslandt, M Buchfelder… - Acta …, 2007 - Springer
Background. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and white matter tractography (WMT) are
promising techniques for estimating the course, extent, and connectivity patterns of the white …