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Jesse Woodbury and Rajiv Saigal work in the lab
Immersive research experience gives undergraduate students a strong foundation for success
Jesse Woodbury enrolled in the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering’s (CSNE’s) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program for the summer of 2017, and worked in Neurological Surgery…
Dr. Patel discusses Glioblastomas on Q13 Fox News
Dr. Anoop Patel discusses Glioblastoma on Q13 Fox News
Assistant Professor Anoop Patel was interviewed on Q13 Fox News about Glioblastoma, the type of brain tumor Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with.
TBI's effect over 80,000 in the armed forces
Dr. Christine Mac Donald interviewed on KARE 11 News about Traumatic Brain Injury in soldiers
KARE 11 News in Minnesota featured a story on Associate Professor Christine Mac Donald's recent findings that question the medical belief that those with traumatic brain injuries stabilize in the…
UW electrical engineering doctoral candidate and CSNE team member Margaret Thompson performs laboratory tests on a Medtronic deep brain stimulator to verify that the new closed-loop system for essential tremor functions as intended. Mark Stone/University of Washington
Brain signals deliver first targeted treatment for world’s most common movement disorder
Essential Tremor affects an estimated 7 million people in the U.S. alone and can be treated with Deep Brain Stimulation, where an electrode stimulates the brain to quiet the symptoms.