Principal Investigators


Dr Arthur Thevathasan

Institution


University of Melbourne

Contact information of lead PI


Country


Australia

Title of project or programme


Closed-loop deep brain stimulation: Optimising treatment of Parkinson’s disease using adaptive stimulation

Source of funding information


National Health and Medical Research Council

Total sum awarded (Euro)


€ 493,350

Start date of award


01/01/2016

Total duration of award in years


4

Keywords


Research Abstract


Deep brain stimulation is an established therapy for Parkinson’s disease when patients’ symptoms cannot be controlled adequately using medication. Although deep brain stimulation usually improves quality of life significantly, existing devices have shortcomings that often result in poor symptom alleviation and/or undesirable side-effects. This project is aimed at developing an innovative system that automatically adjusts stimulation according to the continually fluctuating needs of each patient.

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