The basal ganglia has been implicated in motivational behavior, reinforcement learning, reward seeking, and action selection. The dual nature of these behaviors, i.e. encouragement vs. …
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by distinct motor symptoms such as tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity. These symptoms present heterogeneously across patients …
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a therapy that has shown significant benefits among patients seeking treatment for symptoms of Parkinsonism and other movement disorders, and …
Abstract of Neural Biomarker Based Parameter Optimization Using Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease, by Pranav Akella, ScM., Brown University, May 2022. Introduction: Parkinson’s Disease …