1. What is your favorite part about neuromodulation work?
The ability to use electromagnetic fields to leverage the capacity of the brain to modulate excitability and induce neuroplasticity.
2. What is your favorite kind of neuromodulation technique and/or equipment and why?
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). I never get tired of witnessing the rapid and extraordinary changes in motor function produced by DBS.
3. What kind of conditions do you treat with neuromodulation?
Parkinson's disease is the main condition I treat.
4. Any sparks of inspiration you would like to share?
I am constantly inspired by the research volunteers that devote time and energy to help us with advancing science and understanding disease.
5. What is your favorite part of the brain and why?
The supplementary motor area (SMA). It is the region of the brain where internal volition is transformed into movement and has been described as the "seat of the soul".
6. Any exciting news or breakthroughs you'd like to share regarding your neuromodulation work?
We have discovered that TMS motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in trunk and legs muscles are composed of input from multiple pathways (corticospinal and putative corticoreticulospinal).
