Advances in closed-loop deep brain stimulation devices

M Parastarfeizabadi, AZ Kouzani - Journal of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Millions of patients around the world are affected by neurological and
psychiatric disorders. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a device-based therapy that could …

Biomarkers and stimulation algorithms for adaptive brain stimulation

KB Hoang, IR Cassar, WM Grill… - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The goal of this review is to describe in what ways feedback or adaptive stimulation may be
delivered and adjusted based on relevant biomarkers. Specific treatment mechanisms …

Optimized temporal pattern of brain stimulation designed by computational evolution

DT Brocker, BD Swan, RQ So, DA Turner… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Brain stimulation is a promising therapy for several neurological disorders, including
Parkinson's disease. Stimulation parameters are selected empirically and are limited to the …

Subthalamic neural entropy is a feature of freezing of gait in freely moving people with Parkinson's disease

J Syrkin-Nikolau, MM Koop, T Prieto, C Anidi… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to investigate subthalamic (STN) neural features of Freezers and
Non-Freezers with Parkinson's disease (PD), while freely walking without freezing of gait …

Computational stimulation of the basal ganglia neurons with cost effective delayed Gaussian waveforms

M Daneshzand, M Faezipour… - Frontiers in computational …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has compelling results in the desynchronization of the basal
ganglia neuronal activities and thus, is used in treating the motor symptoms of Parkinson's …

Non-regular electrical stimulation patterns for treating neurological disorders

WM Grill Jr, IIAD Dorval - US Patent 9,744,363, 2017 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue generate stimulation
trains with temporal patterns of stimulation, in which the interval between electrical pulses …

Modulation of neuronal activity in the motor thalamus during GPi-DBS in the MPTP nonhuman primate model of Parkinson's disease

A Muralidharan, J Zhang, D Ghosh, MD Johnson… - Brain stimulation, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The motor thalamus is a key nodal point in the pallidothalamocortical “motor”
circuit, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and …

Reengineering deep brain stimulation for movement disorders: Emerging technologies

A Gunduz, KD Foote, MS Okun - Current opinion in biomedical engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical technique that consists of continuous
delivery of electrical pulses through chronically implanted electrodes connected to a …

Design, synthesis, immunocytochemistry evaluation, and molecular docking investigation of several 4-aminopyridine derivatives as potential neuroprotective agents …

S Li, D Wei, Z Mao, L Chen, X Yan, Y Li, S Dong… - Bioorganic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Neuroprotection refers to the relative preservation of neuronal structure and function.
Neuroprotective agents refer to substances that are capable of preserving brain function and …

Stimulation efficiency with decaying exponential waveforms in a wirelessly powered switched-capacitor discharge stimulation system

HM Lee, B Howell, WM Grill… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of using a switched-capacitor discharge
stimulation (SCDS) system for electrical stimulation, and, subsequently, determine the …