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Epilepsy affects more than 3 million people in the United States. Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common epilepsy syndrome of adults accounting for approximately 60% of all epilepsy cases. One-third of epilepsy patients are drug-resistant, defined as failure to adequately respond to at...

BIDMC is preparing to launch a new clinical trial of stem cell transplant to augment stroke recovery. We anticipate being able to provide more information in the coming months. See this paper from 2016 for reference.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral intermediate (VIM) nucleus of the thalamus is an approved treatment for essential tremor, and is typically performed using intraoperative neurophysiologic confirmation, requiring the patient to remain awake throughout the surgery. Recently, DBS placement...

Clinical electrical stimulation systems are increasingly common therapeutic options to treat a broad range of medical conditions, such as cardioverter-defibrillators, pacemakers, spinal cord stimulators, and deep brain stimulators. Despite their remarkable success, a significant limitation of these...