Deep brain stimulation: current challenges and future directions

AM Lozano, N Lipsman, H Bergman, P Brown… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The clinical use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) is among the most important advances in
the clinical neurosciences in the past two decades. As a surgical tool, DBS can directly …

Technology of deep brain stimulation: current status and future directions

JK Krauss, N Lipsman, T Aziz, A Boutet… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure that allows targeted circuit-based
neuromodulation. DBS is a standard of care in Parkinson disease, essential tremor and …

[PDF][PDF] Probing and regulating dysfunctional circuits using deep brain stimulation

AM Lozano, N Lipsman - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Despite the best available medical treatments, many patients continue to be disabled by
neurologic and psychiatric disorders, resulting in a large unmet need. Advances in imaging and …

[HTML][HTML] Blood–brain barrier opening in Alzheimer's disease using MR-guided focused ultrasound

N Lipsman, Y Meng, AJ Bethune, Y Huang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in combination with intravenously injected
microbubbles has been shown to transiently open the blood–brain barrier, and reduce beta-…

[HTML][HTML] A randomized trial of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor

WJ Elias, N Lipsman, WG Ondo… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Uncontrolled pilot studies have suggested the efficacy of focused ultrasound
thalamotomy with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance for the treatment of essential …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the effects of resident duty hour restrictions in surgery: impact on resident wellness, training, and patient outcomes

…, J Cools-Lartigue, A Kayssi, N Lipsman… - Annals of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… low quality (N = 78) and 42% of studies were graded as moderate or high quality (N = 57). …
reported that there was decreased time in the OR (N = 5) as a result of RDH restrictions. …

MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: a proof-of-concept study

N Lipsman, ML Schwartz, Y Huang, L Lee… - The Lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
… With time, the perilesional oedema cleared and the lesion size diminished from a mean
diameter (n=4) of 6·3 mm on the first postoperative day to 4·2 mm at 3 months. The procedures …

[HTML][HTML] Blood-brain barrier opening in primary brain tumors with non-invasive MR-guided focused ultrasound: a clinical safety and feasibility study

T Mainprize, N Lipsman, Y Huang, Y Meng… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
… (n = 1 liposomal doxorubicin, n = 4 temozolomide) one day prior to their scheduled
surgical resection. Samples of “sonicated” and “unsonicated” tissue were measured for the …

Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery

Y Meng, K Hynynen, N Lipsman - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a disruptive medical technology, and its implementation in the
clinic represents the culmination of decades of research. Lying at the convergence of physics…

[HTML][HTML] First-in-human trial of blood–brain barrier opening in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using MR-guided focused ultrasound

…, C Heyn, SE Black, K Hynynen, N Lipsman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
… Enrolled patients were allocated in an open-label manner to the arm (n = 2) or leg (n = 2)
target group depending on which left-sided limb was weaker. In each group, MRgFUS …