🧠 Exciting Stimulating Brains Talk coming up!
📅 Thursday, April 30th, 2026 | Noon–1:30 PM ET / 6–7:30 PM CET via Zoom with two fantastic speakers, @carinaoehrn.bsky.social and Helen Bronte-Stewert on aDBS for cognitive function in PD ⚡🧠
👉 talks.stimulatingbrains.org
Which way best defines the optimal deep brain stimulation target in #Parkinsons? x-y-z coordinates? sweet spots? fiber tracts? whole-brain networks?
@patriciazvarova.bsky.social has just answered this question: All of them.
New study out now in AoN: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Have you heard about the primacy of movement over sensation? Why is action the ultimate source of knowledge?
Check it out in our brand new episode with none less than György Buzsáki here:
stimulatingbrains.org/76-gyorgy-bu...
I had a lot of fun – and learned a lot – talking to the one and only György Buzsáki on @stimulatingbrains.org the other day – check it out here 👇👇
For a discussion of why our conclusions may differ from those of van den Heuvel et al., please see our preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A recent paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com raised concerns about the lesion network mapping method. Our team of 16 coauthors analyzed >1000 lesions and 34 symptoms and found that "The methodological foundations of lesion network mapping remain sound" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A recent @natneuro.nature.com paper analyzed lesion network mapping and raised concerns about the validity of the method.
See below 👇 for our response.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
How convenient!
Netstim on route to the DBS summit in Würzburg! Looking forward to seeing everybody soon!
For the first time, we characterized the Parkinson's Disease Response Network across space and time, simultaneously. Fantastic work led by @bahnebahners.bsky.social out in BRAIN now 👇👇
New @netstim.org publication alert: @bahnebahners.bsky.social in BRAIN out now:
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
A 🧵:
Shining a light onto the subcortex of the human brain
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Kölle Alaaf from the @netstim.org!
🧠 Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease achieves its best results when a precisely defined brain network operating in the high beta frequency range is targeted. This was shown by a team @andreashorn.org @bahnebahners.bsky.social in both space and time for the first time.👇
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🧠 Die Tiefe Hirnstimulation bei Parkinson zeigt ihre bestmögliche Wirkung, wenn ein präzises Gehirnnetzwerk im Beta-Frequenzbereich (20–35 Hz) stimuliert wird – das zeigt ein Team um @andreashorn.org @bahnebahners.bsky.social jetzt erstmals gleichzeitig räumlich und zeitlich👇
youtu.be/ZrREFuDI-as
It was a great joy to talk to Ludvic Zrinzo about DBS, lesioning and how it all may work: stimulatingbrains.org/74-ludwig-zr...
Thanks to Niels Pacheco for producing the episode!
What is the status of DBS for epilepsy?
Find out in our new review/metaanalysis spearheaded by @laurenahart.bsky.social & Garance Meyer in JNNP: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40666371/
A 🧵 — please RT for reach! 🙏
See you in Geneva! We have such an incredible line up of speakers this year!
#optoDBS2026 – registration now open at www.optodbs.ch
As last time, we are expanding scope way beyond just DBS and optogenetics – for instance including TMS and LIFU applications this year!
One of our "bigger visions" for the next years summarized in a neat perspective paper out now 👇👇
Next steps ahead for DBS! 👇👇
From Adaptive DBS to Adaptive Circuit Targeting 👇👇
New Institute paper out 👇👇
Honored to highlight our work @braincircuits.bsky.social @massgenbrigham.bsky.social Neuro Research Day. Thank you @shansiddiqi.bsky.social @fredschaper.bsky.social Sheena Baratano and Sam Snider for sharing your experience.
We had a wonderful time talking to @rolstonjohn.bsky.social, the Director of Epilepsy Surgery at Brigham & Women's Hospital. We talk about RNS for epilepsy, DBS for coma, traveling waves in the brain, stem cell therapy, closed loop DBS & more! Tune in 👇
stimulatingbrains.org/72-john-rols...
How may traveling waves in the brain impact seizure focus detection in functional neurosurgery?
How does RNS for epilepsy really work?
Are we ready for stem cell therapy in PD?
DBS for disorders of consciousness?
Find out in a conversation with the one and only @rolstonjohn.bsky.social 👇👇
Is there a brain circuit target for restoring consciousness after brain injury? New work by @rolstonjohn.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social says yes!
🧠 ⚡️ Preprint alert ⚡️ 🧠
I️n the most comprehensive review of DBS in epilepsy, with 124 studies, 1,210 patients, and 20 anatomical targets we map where stimulation works best and why.
Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Optimal Targeting and Clinical Outcomes
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Massive, Herculanean work by @laurenahart.bsky.social and Garance Meyer to compile and integrate findings from DBS for epilepsy (20 targets!) including meta-analytical evidence for optimal stimulation sites for the two main targets (ANT & CM). Preprint out now 👇👇