Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor: Alik Widge, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Project: Delivery of phase locked neurostimulation as a novel treatment for psychiatric disorders
Dr. Diehl is working to develop a new class of closed-loop neuromodulation for eventual use in treatment of psychiatric disorders. Most psychiatric disorders such as depression or anxiety disorders are believed to arise from deficits in communication and synchrony between interconnected brain areas. By measuring real-time brain activity and delivering electrical pulses precisely timed to specific moments of communication, it may be possible to return the brain to a healthy state and treat these psychiatric conditions. Long term, Dr. Diehl hopes to adapt this work into an implantable brain stimulation device that can use closed-loop neuromodulation technology for clinical treatment of depression and anxiety.
