AI-guided deep brain stimulation can effectively quell Parkinson’s disease symptoms The implant delivers electrical pulses in response to abnormal brain rhythms associated with symptoms Four patients with the implant had a 50% reduction in their worst symptoms MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A brain implant guided by AI could provide around-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson’s disease , a new study suggests. The implant uses AI to monitor a patient’s brain activity for changes that can cause movement problems during the day and insomnia at night, researchers said.
When the device spots troubling activity, it intervenes with precisely calibrated pulses of electricity called deep brain stimulation (DBS). In essence, the implant creates a “closed loop” in which symptoms are continuously tamped down as Parkinson’s patients go about their daily lives, researchers said. An early-stage clinical trial in four people found that the implant reduced their most bothersome Parkinson’s symptoms by 50%, according to findings published Aug.
16 in the journal Nature Medicine . “This is the future of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease,” said senior researcher Dr. Philip Starr , co-director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Clinic.
“There’s been a great deal of interest in improving DBS therapy by making it adaptive and self-regulating, but it’s only been recently that t.