Stimulating Brains
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago -Andreas Horn interviews experts in the field of deep brain stimulation, noninvasive neuromodulation, functional brain imaging and neuroanatomy.
Join us on our quest to interact with the human brain and thank you for your interest in science!
Andreas Horn, M.D., Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and associate professor for neurology at Harvard Medical School.
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#6: Lone Frank – Robert Heath, the forgotten inventor of Deep Brain Stimulation
September 21, 2020 07:55 - 1 hour - 68 MBIn this episode, Lone Frank shares insight about her book “The Pleasure Shock: The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor” in which she delved into the academic life of a true pioneer of our field. Robert Heath invented deep brain stimulation in the 1950ies and was a remarkable pioneer of our field. Lone's book takes us on a trip delving deep into the discoveries – but also controversies around Heath and his contemporaries, such as José Delgado and Frank Ervin.
#5: Günther Deuschl – On the importance of transforming Deep Brain Stimulation to evidence based medicine
August 22, 2020 13:55 - 39 minutes - 45.1 MBIn this episode, Günther Deuschl shares insight about his life in neurology and the endeavors to transform deep brain stimulation for movement disorders as established treatment options supported by class one evidence. He has been instrumental in multiple major clinical trials, such as the randomized double-blind clinical trial for DBS to the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's Disease (Deuschl et al. 2006), a similar study for modulation of the internal pallidum in dystonia (Kupsch et al. 20...
#4 Pierre Pollak – How modern-day Deep Brain Stimulation for movement disorders was introduced in Grenoble
July 05, 2020 11:41 - 55 minutes - 63.4 MBIn this episode, Pierre Pollak shares insight about his life in neurology, music and sports and how he introduced modern-day deep brain stimulation for movement disorders together with Alim Louis Benabid and the team in Grenoble in 1987. After his retirement from academia and neurology, Pierre took up playing piano and spending time with physical activity (cycling, winter sports, etc) – and he mentioned that our conversation was the first about deep brain stimulation he had in over five year...
#3: Marwan Hariz – a strong role for imaging and being critical in the field of DBS
June 14, 2020 12:03 - 1 hour - 112 MBIn this episode, Marwan Hariz shares insight about why imaging is both the past and the future for deep brain stimulation, how its role of being the “court jester” or “stereotaxy police” emerged and why critical discussions are important for our field.
#2 Helen Mayberg – Deep Brain Stimulation for Major Depression
May 29, 2020 17:30 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBIn this episode, Helen Mayberg shares the experience made when the first major depression patient received deep brain stimulation electrodes, some anecdotes about the past and lots of good advice about the future.
#1: Christian Moll – from Wernicke to Functional Neurosurgery and Back
May 24, 2020 08:55 - 52 minutes - 60 MBThe German submarine sunk a ship that was carrying Freeman and Watts' handbook to Europe, leading to a delayed start of psychosurgery in Germany. Influence of anatomists like Carl Wernicke or Cecile & Oskar Vogt on the field was strong, with eminent figures like Rolf Hassler paving the was to precision in functional neurosurgery. Christian Moll may be the most experienced electrophysiologist in the DBS field in Germany with a vast knowledge in anatomy. Less known, he is also highly interested...