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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Andre Machado, Sao Paulo SP, BR;
Ali Rezai, Bratenhal, OH (US);
Andre Machado, Sao Paulo SP, BR;
Ali Rezai, Bratenhal, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods of treating various medical conditions by neuromodulation of target sites of a cerebello-thalamo-cortical pathway and/or a cortical-ponto-cerebellar pathway. Such medical conditions include unilateral motor deficits, movement disorders, psychiatric disorders, epilepsy, speech or cognitive deficits associated with hemispheric lesions, visual deficits associated with hemispheric lesions, learning disorders associated with hemispheric lesions, vertigo and/or dizziness, gait disturbances, hereditary/genetic disorders, congenital malformations, infectious disease, degenerative disorders, autoimmune disorders, and metabolic disorders. A method of enhancing memory, learning and/or cognitive capacity in a normal individual by stimulating a target site of a cerebello-thalamo-cortical pathway and/or a cortical-ponto-cerebellar pathway is also provided.