Department of Neurology
Mentor: Jerrold Vitek, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology
Project: Multiregional neural population effects of directional DBS
Dr. Ning’s project aims to understand the therapeutic mechanisms of directional DBS for improving clinical outcomes in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. By simultaneously recording neural activity across multiple regions forming critical circuitry to PD under different DBS settings, as well as analyzing these large neural datasets using cutting-edge machine learning techniques, this project will provide insights hardly discovered by traditional methods. The insights from this project will have an immediate impact on DBS planning and programming approaches, ultimately improving the quality of life for individuals living with PD.
