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Neurotransmitter sensing is important for both fundamental understanding and clinical treatment of many diseases and conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and drug addiction, which not only create a huge economic burden in our society but also induce...

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...

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.

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...