Andreas Horn
@andreashorn.org
Schilling Professor for Computational Neurology at the @netstim.org / University Cologne. Author of @lead-dbs.org & @stimulatingbrains.org
Classic publication using Lead-DBS: In this article by Segura-Amil et al., the authors used patient-specific probabilistic tractography in 20 Parkinson's disease patients with bilateral STN DBS to build models link... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.26390
Classic publication using Lead-DBS: In this article by Ehlen et al., the authors tested effects of thalamic (VIM) deep brain stimulation in essential tremor patients on verbal fluency, finding DBS ON prolo... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0278262616302883
The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:
Happy 65th Birthday, August 4th, to the best President in US History. The black man "they" feared, led with humor, dignity & grace for 8 yrs scandal-free, has a beautiful & accomplished family, and is beloved by millions around the world. @barackobama.bsky.social #BarackObama #ThePeoplesPresident
Excited by this inspiring conversation with @doriswang.bsky.social on her new @natmed.nature.com paper on adaptive DBS for gait 👇👇
Stimulating Brains@stimulatingbrains.org · 3d agoNew on Stimulating Brains: @doriswang.bsky.social on adaptive DBS synchronized with the moment-by-moment rhythm of walking—and what it could mean for gait and falls in Parkinson’s disease. 🎧 stimulatingbrains.org/82-doris-wan... #DeepBrainStimulation #AdaptiveDBS #ParkinsonsDisease #Neurosurgery
Classic publication using Lead-DBS: In this article by Provenza et al., the authors used continuous ventral-striatum recordings from 12 people with treatment‑resistant OCD receiving DBS to show that pre‑stimulation th... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03125-0
I know Europe is falling behind in the world - but for now its still good for something 🤗
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d agoNeoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”
Always amazes me this is legal in the US (afaik as the only country, really)
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6d agoSix congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
You guys go on ahead, I’m going to hang out here for awhile ☺️ Armchair Books, Edinburgh's Old Town
Classic publication using Lead-DBS: In this article by Zvarova et al., the authors developed and validated a multimodal neuroimaging‑informed model—combining active contact coordinates, electric fields, tract activations, and structur... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.78206
New publication using Lead-DBS: In this review by Hagelschuer et al., the authors summarize current knowledge on deep brain stimulation in pediatric acquired dystonia, covering short- and long-term motor and non-motor effects... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2026.1735832
Very well worth a read - learned a lot and always enjoy a good @matthewcobb.bsky.social book!
Matthew Cobb@matthewcobb.bsky.social · last wk.22 years ago today, Francis Crick died. You can read about his life, his brilliance and his failures in my biography, available in hardback in the UK and USA (and as an audiobook and ebook) and soon in a chonky UK paperback.
22 years ago today, Francis Crick died. You can read about his life, his brilliance and his failures in my biography, available in hardback in the UK and USA (and as an audiobook and ebook) and soon in a chonky UK paperback.
Classic publication using Lead-DBS: In this article by Sarica et al., the authors tested MRI‑guided transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) of M1, GPi, or occipital control in Parkinson’s patients with STN electrodes and... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.ady1883
Classic publication using Lead-DBS: In this article by Balachandar et al., the authors recorded GPi-DBS local field potentials in 10 children longitudinally and showed that status dystonicus is a distinct state charac... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64416-9
New publication using Lead-DBS: In this article by Mazurek et al., the authors tested whether ICD‑10‑derived frailty (RAI) and age predicted outcomes after unilateral MRgFUS thalamotomy for essential tremor in 481 patients, finding ne... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.70435
New perspective out @thelancetneuro.bsky.social w Anna Latorre, Marie Vidhailet et al. – where we further develop the idea that appendicular dystonia preferentially maps to BG networks while axial/cervical forms to cerebellar interations. Check it out here 👇👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Classic publication using Lead-DBS: In this article by Leplus et al., the authors tested somatotopy of the sensory ventroposterior thalamus in six chronic neuropathic pain patients using directional deep brain sti... Check out the paper here 👇👇 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acn3.52067
