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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · Sep 3

One of our "bigger visions" for the next years summarized in a neat perspective paper out now 👇👇

Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Sep 3

In #DeepBrainStimulation

the two major developments across the last decade have been

1. Adaptive DBS and
2. Connectomic DBS

In a @natrevneurol.nature.com article with @julianneumann.bsky.social, we ask:

Could the two be united into a common framework?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A 🧵

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Stimulating Brains @stimulatingbrains.org · Sep 3

Next steps ahead for DBS! 👇👇

Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Sep 3

In #DeepBrainStimulation

the two major developments across the last decade have been

1. Adaptive DBS and
2. Connectomic DBS

In a @natrevneurol.nature.com article with @julianneumann.bsky.social, we ask:

Could the two be united into a common framework?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A 🧵

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Lead-DBS @lead-dbs.org · Sep 3

From Adaptive DBS to Adaptive Circuit Targeting 👇👇

Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Sep 3

In #DeepBrainStimulation

the two major developments across the last decade have been

1. Adaptive DBS and
2. Connectomic DBS

In a @natrevneurol.nature.com article with @julianneumann.bsky.social, we ask:

Could the two be united into a common framework?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A 🧵

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · Aug 22

New Institute paper out 👇👇

Lead-DBS @lead-dbs.org · Aug 22

How should we best model recruitment of axons by deep brain stimulation?
Various concepts have been introduced and Konstantin Butenko just introduced a few more in a new publication at Brain Communications:

academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...

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Michael Fox @foxmdphd.bsky.social · Jul 21

Honored to highlight our work @braincircuits.bsky.social @massgenbrigham.bsky.social Neuro Research Day. Thank you @shansiddiqi.bsky.social @fredschaper.bsky.social Sheena Baratano and Sam Snider for sharing your experience.

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Stimulating Brains @stimulatingbrains.org · Aug 1

We had a wonderful time talking to @rolstonjohn.bsky.social, the Director of Epilepsy Surgery at Brigham & Women's Hospital. We talk about RNS for epilepsy, DBS for coma, traveling waves in the brain, stem cell therapy, closed loop DBS & more! Tune in 👇

stimulatingbrains.org/72-john-rols...

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Aug 1

How may traveling waves in the brain impact seizure focus detection in functional neurosurgery?
How does RNS for epilepsy really work?
Are we ready for stem cell therapy in PD?
DBS for disorders of consciousness?

Find out in a conversation with the one and only @rolstonjohn.bsky.social 👇👇

Stimulating Brains @stimulatingbrains.org · Aug 1

We had a wonderful time talking to @rolstonjohn.bsky.social, the Director of Epilepsy Surgery at Brigham & Women's Hospital. We talk about RNS for epilepsy, DBS for coma, traveling waves in the brain, stem cell therapy, closed loop DBS & more! Tune in 👇

stimulatingbrains.org/72-john-rols...

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Michael Fox @foxmdphd.bsky.social · Jul 21

Is there a brain circuit target for restoring consciousness after brain injury? New work by @rolstonjohn.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social says yes!

John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just dropped in @natcomms.nature.com: we show that re-engaging a thalamic–ventral tegmental circuit with deep brain stimulation can reignite consciousness in patients with severe brain injury. Work led by Aaron Warren, with @andreashorn.org @foxmdphd.bsky.social @ others! tinyurl.com/4kz8j89b

A human brain network linked to restoration of consciousness after deep brain stimulation - Nature Communications

In people with severe brain injuries, stimulation restored consciousness by engaging a deep brain circuit for wakefulness—revealing a target that may also guide treatment in stroke and epilepsy.

www.nature.com

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Lauren Hart @laurenahart.bsky.social · Jun 24

🧠 ⚡️ Preprint alert ⚡️ 🧠

I️n the most comprehensive review of DBS in epilepsy, with 124 studies, 1,210 patients, and 20 anatomical targets we map where stimulation works best and why.

Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Optimal Targeting and Clinical Outcomes
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Jun 24

Massive, Herculanean work by @laurenahart.bsky.social and Garance Meyer to compile and integrate findings from DBS for epilepsy (20 targets!) including meta-analytical evidence for optimal stimulation sites for the two main targets (ANT & CM). Preprint out now 👇👇

Lauren Hart @laurenahart.bsky.social · Jun 24

🧠 ⚡️ Preprint alert ⚡️ 🧠

I️n the most comprehensive review of DBS in epilepsy, with 124 studies, 1,210 patients, and 20 anatomical targets we map where stimulation works best and why.

Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Optimal Targeting and Clinical Outcomes
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Stimulating Brains @stimulatingbrains.org · Jun 18

Excited to be featured as one of the best neuroscience podcasts on millionpodcasts: www.millionpodcasts.com/neuroscience...

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Jun 20

We are actively looking for an administrative position to help lead the newly founded @netstim.org at the University of Cologne – please spread the word and/or let us know if you know somebody that could be interested!

lnkd.in/eEbnXByJ

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Jun 2

@foxmdphd.bsky.social's legendary anticorrelation paper has now been cited over 10.000 times and this was reason for a dedicated PNAS cake. Congratulations again, Mike, for this unbelievable pioneering effort that opened up the then novel field of resting-state fMRI!

@braincircuits.bsky.social

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Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics @braincircuits.bsky.social · Jun 2

10,000! 🎂🍰 💯x💯!

Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Jun 2

@foxmdphd.bsky.social's legendary anticorrelation paper has now been cited over 10.000 times and this was reason for a dedicated PNAS cake. Congratulations again, Mike, for this unbelievable pioneering effort that opened up the then novel field of resting-state fMRI!

@braincircuits.bsky.social

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · May 29

Congratulations again, @patriciazvarova.bsky.social & @laurenahart.bsky.social, you make us proud!

Follow both for exciting updates on DBS and neuroscience!

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · May 29

the J.A. DeSève Excellence Scholarship ($35,000 CAD; declined in favor of FRQS), which recognizes top-ranked students pursuing biomedical research. These awards will support her transition from the Netstim to a new role as a MSc student in Sherbrooke, with plans to fast-track into a PhD.

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · May 29

… Savoy Foundation Master’s Research Grant ($15,000 CAD; partial acceptance), a Canadian studentship which supports trainees dedicated to advancing epilepsy research. Additionally, she was selected for …

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · May 29

…support her upcoming studies, where she will apply brain mapping techniques to improve treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy. She was also awarded…

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · May 29

Second, @laurenahart.bsky.social .bsky.social‬, who spent about three years with us as a research assistant got into a PhD program at Université de Sherbrooke in Canada with none less than Sara Larivière. Moreover, she received the FRQS Master’s Research Grant ($40,000 CAD) to …

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · May 29

First, @patriciazvarova.bsky.social has been included in the @forbes.com 30 under 30 list in Slovakia
More here: www.forbes.sk/lists/rebric...
www.netstim.org/patricia-zva...

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · May 29

Hard to keep track about all the great things our labmembers have achieved recently:

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Network Stimulation Institute @netstim.org · May 29

Join us today! 👇👇

Stimulating Brains @stimulatingbrains.org · May 29

Happening today! We have two amazing speakers, Nicole Provenza and Martijn Figee who will share their thoughts on engineering for Neuromodulation and circuit based DBS for OCD respectively.

Be sure to tune in on May 29th, 12 noon EST/6:00 PM CET

Register here: partners.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Isaiah Kletenik @isaiahneuro.bsky.social · May 23

Can brain injury cause the loss of visual imagination?

We studied #aphantasia due to brain injury. Lesions were in many different regions but 100% were connected to the fusiform imagery node - a region active during visual mental imagery @braincircuits.bsky.social

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Michael Okun @michaelokun.bsky.social · May 24

Are we on the cusp of moving beyond the levodopa challenge test to predict the best candidates and response to DBS in Parkinson's disease? We’ve long relied on the levodopa challenge to decide who’s a good candidate for deep brain stimulation but what if that test is only part of the story?

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Michael Fox @foxmdphd.bsky.social · May 24

Is there a shared brain circuit target for tremor that transcends diagnosis and DBS site? New work by @lukasgoede.bsky.social @andreashorn.org @braincircuits.bsky.social says YES

Lukas Goede @lukasgoede.bsky.social · May 22

Tremor is a common symptom across many neurological disorders.

But is there a shared tremor circuit across disorders - one that could guide treatment, regardless of diagnosis?

We think: yes.

Our study is out now in @natcomms.nature.com:

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧵 A thread.

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