Understanding and treating brain disorders with neuromodulation
HERMAN DARROW HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE LAB
INTRODUCTIONS
We are a human neuroscience lab at the University of Minnesota, led by Dr. Alexander Herman (Psychiatry) and Dr. David Darrow (Neurosurgery). We record and stimulate the human brain to understand the circuits behind chronic pain, mood and decision-making, and we use what we learn to build better treatments.
MISSION STATEMENTS
The Herman Darrow human neuroscience lab studies the neural circuit mechanisms of decision making with advanced electrophysiology and neuromodulation. By optimizing neuromodulation and targeting these circuits, our mission is to improve treatments transdiagnostically across chronic pain, movement disorders, addiction, epilepsy, and depression.
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Now enrolling adults with chronic pain, facial pain or TMD, and healthy volunteers. Most studies are compensated. See open studies
Latest news: a five-year, $3.8M NIH HEAL Initiative grant to test personalized brain stimulation for treatment-resistant neuropathic pain, and a new PNAS paper with the Opitz Lab. Read the news
