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Apparatus And Method For Modulating Neurochemical Levels In the Brain

  • US 20100312305A1
  • Filed: 12/30/2009
  • Published: 12/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A treatment for Parkinson'"'"'s Disease comprises:

  • diagnosing a subject with Parkinson'"'"'s disease;

    providing at least one stimulus electrode implanted in a subthalamic nucleus of the subject;

    providing at least one chemosensor implanted in the globus pallidus pars interna (GPi) of the subject;

    sensing a level of a neurochemical with the chemosensor;

    comparing the level of the neurochemical to a desired level of the neurochemical; and

    when the level of the neurochemical is less than the desired level, providing an electrical stimulation to the stimulus electrode.

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