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Brain stimulation technique may give more relief from Parkinson’s symptoms

Published in The Guardian on August 19, 2024

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Adaptive Brain Stimulation a 'Game Changer' for Parkinson's?

Published in Medscape on August 23, 2024

UCSF creates 'brain pacemaker' to treat Parkinson's disease

Researchers at UCSF developed a groundbreaking device that may help treat millions of people living with Parkinson's disease. Dr. Carina Oehrn, the first author of study, was interviewed on FOX KTVU's 'The Nine' on August 21, 2024, for more insight into how this technology works

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Real-time brain stimulation slashes Parkinson's symptoms by half in trial

Published in Live Science on August 20, 2024

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A Personalized Brain Pacemaker for Parkinson’s

Published in The New York Times on August 19, 2024

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Chronic adaptive deep brain stimulation versus conventional stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: a blinded randomized feasibility trial

Published in Nature Medicine, August 19, 2024

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Theta frequency deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus improves working memory in Parkinson’s disease

Published in Brain, Volume 147, Issue 4, April 2024

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At-home closed-loop trials in Parkinson's disease: UCSF experience

Recording of the 2022 Deep Brain Stimulation X Think Tank Talk by Stephanie Cernera, Ph.D. and Carina Oehrn, M.D., Ph.D.

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Controlled forgetting

Published in Nature Human Behaviour, September 2018

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'Memory region' of brain also involved in conflict resolution

Published in Science Daily, August 2015