Michael Fox
@foxmdphd
Neurology Prof and Neuroscientist focused on brain imaging and brain stimulation @harvardmed @brighamWomens @brain_circuits
Excited to share our work - new fundamental understanding of direct electrical information flow in multinuclear human thalamocortical circuits, working towards biologically inspired restoration strategies in complex brain disorders @JosefParvizi nature.com/articles/s4159…
Honored to highlight our work @Brain_Circuits @MassGenBrigham Neuro Research Day. Thank you @shansiddiqi @fredschaper_ Sheena Baratano and Sam Snider for sharing your experience.
This study looked at the DBS impairment scale and found that postural instability, gait difficulty, and cognitive impairment improve with STN DBS intervention, which may improve quality of life. Read more here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @AANSNeuro @CNS_Update #neurosurgery
1/11 Excited to share our @Naturestudy led by @Leon_Oo1 @csabaorban @ZShaoshi doi.org/10.1038/s41586… It is well-known that AI performance scales with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan, McCandlish 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements...
Do you know how to pick the right device for relief of tremor? Shaky hands could always use steady help. Adabi and Ondo tackle the different devices in their new study just published in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. Key Points: - The authors teach us that device selection…
Bevilacqua et al. explore whether a novel brain stimulation method – cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation (ccPAS) – can improve vision in stroke patients with occipital lobe damage. tinyurl.com/37fj4jwm
Focal epilepsy surgery can lead to widespread brain network changes. Sainburg et al. review evidence from imaging studies highlighting these effects and discuss their implications for brain function and seizure outcomes. tinyurl.com/yte3c9pu
IMPROVING THE PRECISON OF TMS: Network-targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) Work by Joy Taylor and colleagues: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
NEW work on DBS electrode optimization: Influence of statistical approaches on Probabilistic Sweet Spots computation in Deep Brain Stimulation for severe Essential Tremor Work by Vittoria Bucciarelli and team: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
New paper: "Transcranial direct current stimulation over the temporal-parietal junction yields no lexical-semantic effects in logopenic primary progressive aphasia: a double-blind sham-controlled study" @eic_nic sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Do you know how to pick the right pill for agitation in Alzheimer’s? There is new real world evidence now available from the journal Neurology by Julie Zissimopoulos and colleagues. Agitation in Alzheimer’s disease can be heartbreaking and dangerous. The FDA approved…
Research into mental imagery often relies on Hume’s view of visual imagination as weak perception. Arcangeli & Bartolomeo argue that Sartre’s alternative framework—supported by recent findings on aphantasia—offers a more empirically robust approach. tinyurl.com/4fxhfde7
some highlights from the 2025 Cobb Assembly. Do you have photos or reflections from this year's Cobb? Send them to us to include! bostonsocneurology.wixsite.com/boston-society…
Scientists at UCLA Health have introduced a groundbreaking digital “translator” for brain studies—bridging communication between different brain atlases. @lucinauddin is the senior author of the study published in the journal @NatureComms. Learn more: ucla.in/4lkNMPZ
Hirschbichler et al. find that DBS-induced VTA inhibition does not impair reinforcement learning, but does lead to more strategic betting behaviour. They propose that the VTA may help sustain reward-driven behaviours over time. tinyurl.com/ywym2u7d
Can the @BrainsWay H1 coil target specific brain circuits? Check out our latest paper in @npp_journal, from Samantha Baldi et al., for an answer that may surprise you. Full link: lnkd.in/gH8vd3pX Free PDF: rdcu.be/et78N Thanks @BrainsWay for fruitful collab!
New speaker announcement: Joseph Taylor (Harvard University) will present at the Brainclinics TMS Masterclass and Certification Course his latest results and insights titled: From Scalp to Circuit: Evolving TMS Targeting Approaches.
Say cheese to detect Parkinson’s? Can AI see what doctors and healthcare providers miss? What if a simple smile could screen for Parkinson’s disease? A new study just published in NEJM AI by Adnan, Dorsey, Hoque and colleagues shows that artificial intelligence can potentially…
Alert!!!! Anybody out there?!?! “An Action Networks Model for Pain” We propose a new model for chronic pain — and highlight two functionally connected cortical networks that could revolutionize how we treat it. 👉 thread below 🧵 osf.io/preprints/ps...
How accurate is GPT-4 at extracting data from EHRs? This study tested @NIH’s Text Extraction Program on prostate pathology reports & found 99.8% accuracy vs. manual review, showing strong potential for GPT-4 + prompt engineering in clinical data workflows. nejm.ai/4dw8Boz