Blog

Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are widespread, with large economic and social consequences. In 2010 alone, an estimated 60-70 million Americans suffered from a chronic digestive disease such as gastroparesis. The evidence base for the use of electric stimulation to treat diseases like gastroparesis is still very limited. Modulating gastric function is

Acute myocardial infarctions (heart attacks, AMI) occur almost 800,000 times a year in the US. They result from blockages in the coronary arteries (the blood vessels that feed the heart oxygen) and can be treated with catheters that enter the arteries through the arm or leg and snake their

Neurostimulation is an effective way to modulate the nervous system to treat diseases and disorders like drug-resistant epilepsy, depression, and Parkinson’s. Stimulation acts by creating a local electric field with an electrode outside of an axon, inducing changes in voltage-gated ion channels that create an action potential (AP). For

Electrical stimulation of nerves, or neuromodulation, is the state-of-the-art treatment for several diseases which cannot be treated through traditional pharmacological interventions such as Parkinson’s disease or refractory epilepsy. With growing clinical interest in applying neuromodulation to new problems, the development of high-quality neuromodulation techniques is paramount. Here at the

Epilepsy is a disease involving the spontaneous occurrence of seizure events, which can be dangerous when they occur and are also debilitating to patients' daily lives due to their unpredictability. Developing methods to monitor and study this disease is difficult and time consuming as patients often must be studied individually