Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
UCSF researchers have conducted successful trials of an experimental adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) device that responds to a person with Parkinson’s symptoms in real time. Using data techniques and custom algorithms, the device picks up on brain signals that indicate a symptom is developing and delivers just the right amount of electrical stimulation to stop it.
The research is a collaboration between UCSF’s Phil Starr, MD, PhD, and Simon Little, MBBS, PhD, in the UCSF Department of Neurology.
“It's like turning back the clock on Parkinson's disease, to give people function like when their symptoms were very well controlled and mild.” – Phil Starr
Learn more about the research
that changed Shawn Connolly's life 👇
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/04/427391/new-parkinsons-treatment-helps-former-pro-keep-skateboarding
Read the paper in Nature Medicine 👇
nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03196-z
Video by Maurice Ramirez, Pete Bell
For an audio description of this video visit the link below: youtu.be/_mu4vQQNaxs
UCSF researchers have conducted successful trials of an experimental adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) device that responds to a person with Parkinson’s symptoms in real time. Using data techniques and custom algorithms, the device picks up on brain signals that indicate a symptom is developing and delivers just the right amount of electrical stimulation to stop it.
The research is a collaboration between UCSF’s Phil Starr, MD, PhD, and Simon Little, MBBS, PhD, in the UCSF Department of Neurology.
“It's like turning back the clock on Parkinson's disease, to give people function like when their symptoms were very well controlled and mild.” – Phil Starr
Learn more about the research
that changed Shawn Connolly's life 👇
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/04/427391/new-parkinsons-treatment-helps-former-pro-keep-skateboarding
Read the paper in Nature Medicine 👇
nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03196-z
Video by Maurice Ramirez, Pete Bell
For an audio description of this video visit the link below: youtu.be/_mu4vQQNaxs
