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Killam Seminar Series: Causal mapping of neurological symptoms: from lesions to brain stimulation

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 16:00to17:00
Montreal Neurological Institute De Grandpré Communications Centre, 3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA

The Killam Seminar Series presents: "Causal mapping of neurological symptoms: from lesions to brain stimulation"

Michael D. Fox

Director, Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics

Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Chair in Neurology

Steven and Judy Kaye Director of Psychiatric Brain Stimulation

Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Host: Boris Bernhardt


Abstract: We lack treatments for many if not most neurological symptoms. Brain stimulation offers promise for treating these symptoms, but requires identification of a therapeutic target. I will show how brain lesions can be combined with the human connectome to map symptoms onto brain circuits, and that these circuits can be valuable targets for neuromodulation.

Bio: Dr. Fox’s research focuses on the development of new and improved treatments for brain disease based on understanding brain networks and the effects of brain stimulation. He uses brain network imaging tools such as resting state functional connectivity MRI to understand how brain damages causes symptoms and how brain stimulation leads to symptom relief. Clinically, Dr. Fox specializes in the use of both invasive and noninvasive brain stimulation for the treatment of brain disease. His practice includes deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor, and dystonia as well as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for treatment of medication-refractory depression.


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Supported by the generosity of the Killam Trusts, the MNI's Killam Seminar Series invites outstanding guest speakers whose research is of interest to the scientific community at the MNI and McGill University.

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