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Establishing Intratumoral Modulation Therapy As A New Treatment Modality For High Grade Gliomas, Andrew M.A. Deweyert
Establishing Intratumoral Modulation Therapy As A New Treatment Modality For High Grade Gliomas, Andrew M.A. Deweyert
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary brain cancer in adults despite aggressive treatments with surgery and chemo-radiation. Advances in electrotherapeutics offer a foundation for developing new treatment modalities that exploit an innate vulnerability of glioblastoma (GBM). Low intensity, non-ablative electric fields are innocuous to normal neural structure, but incite GBM cell apoptosis by putatively disrupting cytokinesis and transmembrane ion homeostasis. Our collaborative research group is pioneering a new electrotherapeutic technology for GBM called Intratumoral Modulation Therapy (IMT) which uses customized, implanted bioelectrodes to deliver sustained, titratable and focused therapeutic electric fields into tumor-affected brain regions. My work …
Ultra-High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging For Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Jonathan Lau
Ultra-High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging For Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Jonathan Lau
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Stereotactic neurosurgery is a subspecialty within neurosurgery concerned with accurate targeting of brain structures. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a specific type of stereotaxy in which electrodes are implanted in deep brain structures. It has proven therapeutic efficacy in Parkinson’s disease and Essential Tremor, but with an expanding number of indications under evaluation including Alzheimer’s disease, depression, epilepsy, and obesity, many more Canadians with chronic health conditions may benefit. Accurate surgical targeting is crucial with millimeter deviations resulting in unwanted side effects including muscle contractions, or worse, vessel injury. Lack of adequate visualization of surgical targets with conventional lower field …
The Use Of Current Steering During Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation To Alleviate Upper Limb Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease, Shabna Iftikar Mohideen
The Use Of Current Steering During Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation To Alleviate Upper Limb Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease, Shabna Iftikar Mohideen
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Subthalamic (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment to alleviate the appendicular motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease (PD). Current steering during DBS allows the unequal fractionation of current between two electrodes on the lead, resulting in a non-spherical electrical field. It is hypothesized that the way the electrical field is shaped will affect a patient’s upper limb symptom alleviation. Seven PD patients who underwent bilateral STN-DBS were tested over four weeks post-operation. 16 current fractionation settings were tested each week at an amplitude that increased weekly. Optimal setting was defined as the setting that provided the best …
Evaluating The Pathological And Behavioural Consequences Of Injecting Amyloid Beta Oligomers In The Rat, Ryan S. Wong
Evaluating The Pathological And Behavioural Consequences Of Injecting Amyloid Beta Oligomers In The Rat, Ryan S. Wong
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and is characterized by progressive neuronal loss and cognitive decline. Currently, no therapeutic treatments are available and our understanding of the disease progression is still unclear. Amyloid beta oligomers (AβO) are potent neurotoxic proteins and may be a potential initiator of the progression of AD. The purpose of this project was to identify the spatial and temporal consequences of injecting AβO into the rat brain by evaluating pathological and behavioural outcomes. We hypothesized that injecting AβO into the rat brain will result in microglial response as well as behavioural and …