{"id":31897,"date":"2020-02-06T19:22:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T19:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/?page_id=31897"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:47:07","slug":"deep-brain-stimulation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/research-and-participants\/fundamental-studies-technologies\/deep-brain-stimulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Brain Stimulation to Enhance Post-Stroke Rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"trial-page\">\n<section class=\"trial-hero\" aria-label=\"Deep brain stimulation post-stroke rehabilitation hero\">\n<h2 class=\"trial-hero-title\">Deep Brain Stimulation to Enhance Post-Stroke Rehabilitation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"hero-layout\">\n<div class=\"hero-text\">\n<p class=\"trial-intro-lead\">This study aims to assess how use of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain impacts brain structure and function.<\/p>\n<p>Current post-stroke rehabilitation treatments assist only around half of patients, resulting in an urgent need to develop new therapies for the millions of individuals who suffer from chronic motor deficits.<\/p>\n<p>A recently completed Phase I clinical trial showed promising results for a new deep brain stimulation (DBS) rehabilitation treatment, with some consistency in recovery outcomes across patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Primary image\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OptimizingDBS-sized.jpg\" alt=\"Deep brain stimulation to enhance post-stroke rehabilitation study\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trial-body\">\n<p>To answer why some patients respond to the treatment while others don\u2019t, a better mechanistic understanding of how DBS contributes to post-stroke rehabilitation is essential. The team\u2019s hypothesis is that patient-specific customization of DBS parameters such as amplitude, frequency and duration are required to address unique differences in brain conditions and to maximize the potential of this new treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to study how reorganization of the perilesional brain tissue after injury is promoted by DBS, and to develop a subject-specific approach for tuning the DBS parameters to enhance recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The work is intended to promote better understanding of the cortical reorganization process during recovery and has the potential to assist in improving patient quality of life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"trial-info\" aria-label=\"For more information\">\n<h3 class=\"trial-section-heading\">For More Information<\/h3>\n<div class=\"trial-info-list\" role=\"list\">\n<p role=\"listitem\"><strong>Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Hod Dana<\/p>\n<p role=\"listitem\"><strong>Other Investigator:<\/strong> Kenneth Baker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Deep Brain Stimulation to Enhance Post-Stroke Rehabilitation This study aims to assess how use of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain impacts brain structure and function. Current post-stroke rehabilitation treatments assist only around half of patients, resulting in an urgent need to develop new therapies for the millions of individuals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":21995,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31897","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31897"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31905,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31897\/revisions\/31905"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}