Deep Brain Stimulation: Modulation of neural networks for behavioral self regulation
Event details
| Date | 11.11.2015 |
| Hour | 14:00 › 15:00 |
| Speaker |
Prof Ali Rezai, Ohio State University, USA. |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been implanted in over 130,000 patients worldwide to modulate the motor, sensory, cognitive and behavioral networks in patients with medication intractable conditions. This lecture will review the current applications of DBS and examine its use for modulation of cognitive and behavioral deficits. We will discuss the circuitry and surgical targets underlying mood, anxiety, drive and behavioral function, and will explore the role of DBS in obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, addiction, and other conditions with behavioral self regulation such as traumatic brain injury, obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.
Bio: Dr. Rezai earned his medical degree with honors from the University of Southern California and underwent neurosurgical training at New York University. He completed his subspecialty training in functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He then joined the neurosurgical faculty at New York University Medical Center, becoming the director of the Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery until January 2000, when he joined the faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Rezai was the director of the Center for Neurological Restoration, as well as the Jane and Lee Seidman Chair in Functional Neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic until August 2009, when he joined the faculty at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He is currently associate dean of Neuroscience and the director and CEO of the OSU Neurological Institute.
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Bio: Dr. Rezai earned his medical degree with honors from the University of Southern California and underwent neurosurgical training at New York University. He completed his subspecialty training in functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He then joined the neurosurgical faculty at New York University Medical Center, becoming the director of the Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery until January 2000, when he joined the faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Rezai was the director of the Center for Neurological Restoration, as well as the Jane and Lee Seidman Chair in Functional Neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic until August 2009, when he joined the faculty at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He is currently associate dean of Neuroscience and the director and CEO of the OSU Neurological Institute.
More information here.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Center for Neuroprosthetics
Contact
- Giulio Rognini
Prof Olaf Blanke