Rethinking NBM DBS: Intermittent stimulation improves sustained attention in Parkinson's disease

• Sanskriti Sasikumar,
• Melanie Cohn,
• Ariana Youm,
• Katherine Duncan,
• Alexandra Boogers,
• Antonio P. Strafella,
• David T. Blake,
• Alfonso Fasano

Affiliations

Sanskriti Sasikumar

Corresponding author. Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorder Unit, E.J. Safra Parkinson Disease Program, Neurology Division, Depart. of Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada.; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Melanie Cohn

Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

Ariana Youm

Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

Katherine Duncan

Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alexandra Boogers

Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Antonio P. Strafella

Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Brain, Imaging and Behaviour – Systems Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, UHN, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada; Brain Health Imaging Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David T. Blake

Dept. Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA

Alfonso Fasano

Corresponding author. Chair in Neuromodulation at University of Toronto and University Health Network, Professor of Neurology - University of Toronto, Movement Disorders Centre - Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst St, 7 Mc410, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada.; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada; CenteR for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application (CRANIA), Toronto, ON, Canada