The purpose of this study is to use functional imaging to study the mechanisms of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT) deep brain stimulation (DBS).
Researchers are testing how changing the settings on deep brain stimulation device (DBS) can help reduce the number and severity of seizures. Functional imaging will be used to study the mechanisms of ANT DBS to optimize the device settings to improve the degree of seizure reduction.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Diagnostic imaging measuring the metabolic changes that occur within the brain used for measuring and mapping brain activity
Document brain activation networks with ANT stimulation
Use resting state fMRI to map brain network activation with high and low frequency of ANT stimulation.
Time frame: Results would be available immediately following processing of the imaging data after each scan
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