Biomaterials selection for neuroprosthetics

P Zarrintaj, MR Saeb, S Ramakrishna… - Current Opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Born from a combination of neuroscience and biomedical engineering strategies,
neuroprosthetics are proposed as substitutes for sensory or cognitive modality damages …

Targeted activation of midbrain neurons restores locomotor function in mouse models of parkinsonism

D Masini, O Kiehn - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is a locomotor command area containing
glutamatergic neurons that control locomotor initiation and maintenance. These motor …

Totally implantable bidirectional neural prostheses: a flexible platform for innovation in neuromodulation

PA Starr - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Implantable neural prostheses are in widespread use for treating a variety of brain disorders.
Until recently, most implantable brain devices have been unidirectional, either delivering …

Tracking the volume of neurosurgical care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

PD Patel, KA Kelly, RA Reynolds, RW Turer, S Salwi… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective In the present study, we quantified the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) on the volume of adult and pediatric neurosurgical procedures, inpatient …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroanatomy, postcentral gyrus

J DiGuiseppi, P Tadi - StatPearls [internet], 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The postcentral gyrus is on the lateral surface of the parietal lobes between the central
sulcus and postcentral sulcus. The postcentral gyrus contains the primary somatosensory …

Novelty-sensitive dopaminergic neurons in the human substantia nigra predict success of declarative memory formation

J Kamiński, AN Mamelak, K Birch, CP Mosher… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
The encoding of information into long-term declarative memory is facilitated by dopamine.
This process depends on hippocampal novelty signals, but it remains unknown how …

Clinical applications of neurochemical and electrophysiological measurements for closed-loop neurostimulation

JB Price, AE Rusheen, AS Barath, JMR Cabrera… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - thejns.org
The development of closed-loop deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems represents a
significant opportunity for innovation in the clinical application of neurostimulation therapies …

Subthalamic nucleus stimulation modulates motor epileptic activity in humans

L Ren, T Yu, D Wang, X Wang, D Ni… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Pharmaco‐refractory focal motor epileptic seizures pose a significant challenge.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a recently recognized therapeutic option for the treatment of …

Digital health integration with neuromodulation therapies: the future of patient-centric innovation in neuromodulation

YJ Pathak, W Greenleaf, L Verhagen Metman… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Digital health can drive patient-centric innovation in neuromodulation by leveraging current
tools to identify response predictors and digital biomarkers. Iterative technological evolution …

Levodopa Challenge Test Predicts STN‐DBS Outcomes in Various Parkinson's Disease Motor Subtypes: A More Accurate Judgment

Z Zheng, Z Yin, B Zhang, H Fan, D Liu, Y Zhou… - Neural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The relationship between the levodopa challenge test (LDCT) and
postoperative subthalamic nucleus‐deep brain stimulation (STN‐DBS) benefits is …