AUTHOR=Modolo Julien , Beuter Anne , Thomas Alex W., Legros Alexandre TITLE=Using “Smart Stimulators” to Treat Parkinson’s Disease: Re-Engineering Neurostimulation Devices JOURNAL=Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience VOLUME=Volume 6 - 2012 YEAR=2012 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/computational-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fncom.2012.00069 DOI=10.3389/fncom.2012.00069 ISSN=1662-5188 ABSTRACT=

Let’s imagine the cruise control of your car locked at 120 km/h on any road in any condition (city, country, highway, sunny or rainy weather), or your car air conditioner set on maximum cold in any temperature condition (even during a snowy winter): would you find it efficient? That would probably not be the most optimal strategy for a proper and comfortable driving experience. As surprising as this may seem, this is a pretty accurate illustration of how deep brain stimulation is used today to treat Parkinson’s disease motor symptoms and other neurological disorders such as essential tremor, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or epilepsy.