Unit collaborates with Australian groups for new Parkinson’s treatment

Unit collaborates with Australian groups for new Parkinson’s treatment

Unit collaborates with Australian groups for new Parkinson’s treatment

Unit Director Peter Brown is one of the chief investigators on a newly-awarded grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. The grant, administrated by the University of Melbourne, is entitled “Closed-loop deep brain stimulation: Optimising treatment of Parkinson’s disease using adaptive stimulation”. The research will run over four years, during which the goal will be to develop closed-loop deep brain stimulation as a treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease.