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Stimulating Brains @stimulatingbrains.org · 03/08/2026

New on Stimulating Brains: @doriswang.bsky.social on adaptive DBS synchronized with the moment-by-moment rhythm of walking—and what it could mean for gait and falls in Parkinson’s disease. 🎧 stimulatingbrains.org/82-doris-wan... #DeepBrainStimulation #AdaptiveDBS #ParkinsonsDisease #Neurosurgery

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It was so fun to chat with @andreashorn.org about science and inspirations! Thanks for having me!!!

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UCSF Health @ucsfhealth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@neurosurgucsf.bsky.social researchers developed a “smart” implant for Parkinson’s patients that adjusts stimulation in real time as they walk, improving gait & reducing falls. It's "an important step toward a new generation of brain therapies," @doriswang.bsky.social says. ucsfh.org/4uyGOuF

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A smarter brain implant offers new hope for Parkinson's patients

Researchers at UCSF have taken a step toward a long-sought goal in treating Parkinson's disease: a brain implant that can adapt to a patient's movements in real time.

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Super excited to share our new study showing that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be synchronized to each step a person takes and improve walking in Parkinson’s disease patients!

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an incision-less surgical procedure used to treat essential tremor by lesioning the brain pathway involved with tremor generation. @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon @doriswang.bsky.social explains that this leads to lasting tremor reduction.

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Great talks and even more interesting and engaging discussion! Fantastic start to the think tank!

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Thanks you so much for inviting me to be a part of this fantastic conference! I learned so much and am beyond excited for our field!

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We’re honored to be named among the top two neurosurgery programs nationwide and the Best in the West by @usnews.com! 🎉 It's a privilege caring for our patients and their families, and we thank our entire team for hard work and dedication. @ucsfhealth.bsky.social www.ucsfhealth.org/lp/us-news-2...

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A new study led by @doriswang.bsky.social's lab developed a systematic way to quantify key aspects of gait in patients with #Parkinsons and used machine learning to identify personalized deep brain stimulation (DBS) settings to improve walking: www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07... @ucsfhealth.bsky.social 🧠📈

Graphic that depicts an overview of the study in which UCSF researchers modeled and optimized DBS settings to improve walking in patients with Parkinson's, identifying key insights abut the neurophysiology of walking along the way.

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Lab party! Thanks to all these amazing, hardworking, compassionate geniuses for making science fun!

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Michael Okun @michaelokun.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Can we reboot walking after Parkinson's disease DBS? Can AI teach deep brain stimulation devices to help people 'walk the walk?' A new study by Wang says MAYBE. Using personalized data-driven models, they optimized DBS for walking. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social #parkinson @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Very excited to share our newest publication on identifying neurophysiological signatures of improved gait using bidirectional DBS devices!

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Matthias Stangl @mstangl.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Interested in human brain function and neuroimaging during natural real-world activities? Learn more from our amazing speakers and present your own work at the Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference. Registration & abstract submission is now open: neuroscienceeverydayworld.org/conference-2...

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Very excited to share our latest preprint. Using implanted DBS devices with at home wearable monitors, we were able to identify gait state in the natural environment based on cortical and basal ganglia neural signature: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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At-Home Movement State Classification Using Totally Implantable Bidirectional Cortical-Basal Ganglia Neural Interface

Movement decoding from invasive human recordings typically relies on a distributed system employing advanced machine learning algorithms programmed into an external computer for state classification. ...

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

To the stranger who paid for our lunch at Kona airport because I didn’t have a credit card on me (getting too used to tap to pay), thank you from the bottom of my heart and my toddlers’ growling stomachs. I will always remember your kindness and pay it forward! #humanity #payitforward #kindness

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Excited to share our new preprint. We recorded field potentials from the motor/premotor cortices and pallidum of people with Parkinson’s disease as they performed a gait initiation task to understand the cortico-pallidal network dynamics that underlie this action: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Pallidal and motor cortical interactions determine gait initiation dynamics in Parkinson's disease

Gait initiation is a fundamental human task, requiring one or more anticipatory postural adjustments (APA) prior to stepping. Deviations in amplitude and timing of APAs exist in Parkinson's disease (P...

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Doris Wang @doriswang.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Completed our 100th focused ultrasound treatment! It truly takes a village and a collaborative effort to make it possible. Go team and here’s to many more! #fus #hifu #neurosurgery #tremor