CSNE Closed-loop DBS System Graphic (IMAGE)

University of Washington

CSNE Closed-loop DBS System Graphic

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In the UW CSNE team's experimental setup, brain signals in the motor cortex are sensed by the Activa PC+S and processed on a laptop computer. When the system detects movement in an affected limb, deep brain stimulation in the thalamus is activated to control tremor symptoms.

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©2017 IEEE. J. Herron; M. Thompson; T. Brown; H. Chizeck; J. Ojemann; A. Ko,

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