Stimulating Brains

By Andreas Horn

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Andreas Horn interviews experts in the field of deep brain stimulation, noninvasive neuromodulation, functional brain imaging and neuroanatomy. Join us on our quest to interact with the human brain and thank you for your interest in science! Andreas Horn, M.D., Ph.D., directs the institute for network stimulation and is a professor for computational neurology at University Cologne.

Episode Date
#78: Keith Mullett — Medtronic, pain, and the prehistory of modern DBS
May 06, 2026
#77: Mary Elizabeth Sutherland — Nature, editorial judgment, and the future of scientific publishing
Apr 27, 2026
#76: György Buzsáki — Action, the ultimate source of knowledge
Mar 17, 2026
#75: Frans Gielen – From Idea to Evidence: The Making of Modern DBS
Feb 27, 2026
#74: Ludvic Zrinzo – DBS vs. Lesioning – and how to know you’re right
Jan 25, 2026
#73: Eyal Zadicario – Beyond the Scalpel: Towards an Acoustic Neurosurgical Suite with Insightec
Nov 10, 2025
#72: John Rolston — Closed-Loop Stimulation, Seizure Dynamics, and the New Frontiers of Epilepsy Treatment
Aug 01, 2025
#71: Harold Sackeim - The founding editor of Brain Stimulation and a founding figure in modern electroconvulsive therapy
Apr 24, 2025
#70: Rees Cosgrove – When Neurosurgery Chooses You: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Lesions and the Future of Brain Stimulation
Apr 22, 2025
#69: Terence Sanger – Pushing Boundaries in Pediatric DBS: From Multi-Electrode Stimulation to Closed-Loop Strategies
Mar 27, 2025
#68: Todd Herrington – The Future of Neuromodulation: Insights from the ADAPT PD Trial and Beyond
Mar 18, 2025
#67: Jonathan Downar – TMS for Depression: Towards a One-Day protocol
Mar 03, 2025
#66: Roxanne Lofredi – Striatal recordings and the stopping triangle: How DBS advances our clinical and neuroscientific knowledge
Jan 03, 2025
#65: Jim McNasby - Transforming Lives with DBS and Advocacy in Parkinson's Disease
Dec 23, 2024
#64: Balint Varkuti – Making Use of Side-Effects: Redefining Brain Computer Interfaces with Ceregate
Dec 13, 2024
#63: Mark McAuley & Susan Boehnke – Patient-led Research, Patient-Centered Care and Neuroscience Education
Nov 20, 2024
#62: Daniela Popa & Clement Lena – Unlocking the Cerebellum: From Dyskinesia to Fear Extinction
Nov 11, 2024
#61: Shan Siddiqi – Bringing Human Brain Connectomics to Clinical Practice in Psychiatry
Nov 05, 2024
#60: Nanthia Suthana – Pushing Boundaries: Memory Enhancement, Virtual Reality, and Trauma Therapy in Neuroscience
Nov 01, 2024
#59: Milad Girgis – 25 Years of Progress: Evolution and Innovation in Neuromodulation Devices
Aug 14, 2024
#58: Ali Rezai – Long lasting Effects of Focused Ultrasound for Addiction
Aug 02, 2024
#57: Mallory Hacker & David Charles – Could DBS be slowing motor progression if applied very early?
Jul 26, 2024
#56: Harith Akram – Connectomic DBS, Sweetspots and Building a Supercomputer
Jul 09, 2024
#55: Jens Volkmann – Image Guidance, Disease Modification and why there may be no ‘sweetspot’ for DBS.
Jul 03, 2024
#54: Phil Starr – Using cortical signals to guide DBS, how lesions may produce brain signals and open collaborations in the field.
Jun 23, 2024
#53: Mark Hallett – Putting Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the map.
Apr 30, 2024
#52: Amaza Reitmeier – Changing lives at scale with Deep Brain Stimulation
Apr 18, 2024
#51: Alfonso Fasano & Benjamin Stecher – A Unique Collaboration Between a Patient and his Doctor
Apr 05, 2024
#50: Andreas Horn – Toward Connectomic Deep Brain Stimulation
Mar 19, 2024
#49: Dora Hermes & Kai Miller – Discovering the secrets of invasive stimulation signal recording.
Mar 16, 2024
#48: Binith Cheeran: From Clinical Neurology to Industry Leader
Mar 06, 2024
#47: Marwan Hariz & Joachim Krauss – Toward a third wave of pallidotomies?
Feb 23, 2024
#46: Todd Langevin – Establishing Deep Brain Stimulation - the industry perspective
Feb 16, 2024
#45: Mac Shine and Paul Cisek - Exploring the evolution, integration and complexities of the brain: basal ganglia, dopamine, and beyond
Dec 07, 2023
#44 Jennifer Thomas & Michael Stanley - The creative spark: Switching on the inner artist in the face of Parkinson's Disease
Nov 24, 2023
#43 Vanessa Milanese - Bridging Anatomy and Neurosurgery: A Deep Dive into White Matter Dissections and Legacy of Dr. Al Rhoton
Oct 19, 2023
#42: Kullervo Hynynen – A conversation with the inventor of MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound
Oct 13, 2023
#41: Christelle Baunez – The role of the subthalamic nucleus in brain stimulation
Oct 07, 2023
#40: Casey Halpern – Novel indications and approaches to invasive neuromodulation and neuroscience
Sep 22, 2023
#39: Nico Dosenbach – A BOLD Challenge to Penfield’s Homunculus based on resting-state fMRI
Sep 18, 2023
#38: Espen Dietrichs – about Carl Sem-Jacobsen, the true inventor of subthalamic DBS in Norway
Sep 10, 2023
#37: Jon Nelson – DBS for Depression saved my life: Defying Stigma in Mental Health
Aug 17, 2023
#36: Béchir Jarraya & Jordy Tasserie – Unlocking Consciousness: Neuromodulation, Neurofeedback, and the Future of Brain Science
Aug 06, 2023
#35: Mark Richardson – Surfing the Frontiers of Functional Neurosurgery: From Brain Modulation to Patient Engagement
Jun 19, 2023
#34: Charles Jennings – From Graduate School to Founding Editor of Nature Neuroscience and Beyond
May 09, 2023
#33: Joachim Krauss, Marwan Hariz, & Christian Moll – The History of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Serendipity
Apr 19, 2023
#32: Philip Mosley – Neuropsychiatric network effects of DBS in Parkinson's and OCD
Nov 27, 2022
#31: Veerle Visser-Vandewalle – Operating on the first neuropsychiatric DBS case in the modern era
Sep 13, 2022
#30: Suzanne Haber – Anatomists, an endangered species & their importance for DBS
Sep 05, 2022
#29: Mike Fox – Finding Therapeutic Treatment Targets using Causal Brain Connectomics
Sep 03, 2022
#28: Marie Krüger – Segmented Contacts & DBS for Dental Pain
Aug 26, 2022
#27: Joshua Gordon – Neuromodulation from genes to cells to circuits to behavior
Aug 26, 2022
#26: Nolan Williams – A Noninvasive Neuromodulation Revolution?
Jul 19, 2022
#25: Michael Okun & Kelly Foote – DBS Think Tank, Connectedness, Closed-Loop & Tic-Detectors
Jul 15, 2022
#24: Aryn Gittis – Optogenetically inspired DBS for Parkinson's Disease
Jul 05, 2022
#23: Anne Young – Basal Ganglia Circuitry, Glutamate & Leadership
Jul 04, 2022
#22: Mahlon DeLong – The Basal Ganglia in Health & Disease
May 31, 2022
#21: Aysegul Gunduz – Engineering in DBS, closed loop & brain sensing
Apr 02, 2022
#20: Christian Lüscher – OptoDBS and how we bring back the neuron into neurology
Mar 13, 2022
#19: Sameer Sheth – Neuromodulation for Psychiatry – the last frontier?
Mar 03, 2022
#18: Jeffrey Hausdorff – The Present and Future of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Aging and Parkinson’s disease Research
Jan 24, 2022
#17: Hagai Bergman – The Hidden Life of the Basal Ganglia: At the Base of the Brain and Mind
Dec 19, 2021
#16: Julian Neumann – Machine-Learning for adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation
Nov 22, 2021
#15: Peter Snyder about Jose Delgado: Remote-controlling the brain
Nov 03, 2021
#14: Benjamin Stecher & Alberto Espay – Challenging "brain fables" about neurodegenerative diseases
Oct 23, 2021
#13: Mark Humphries – Basal Ganglia Models, Highs and Lows in the Brain and… how does DBS work?
Jul 25, 2021
#12: Benjamin Stecher – A personal account of Parkinson's and Deep Brain Stimulation
Jun 14, 2021
#11: Katrin Amunts – A modern take on human brain anatomy and its relevance to DBS
Apr 28, 2021
#10: Cameron McIntyre – Pushing the frontier of biophysically plausible DBS models
Feb 28, 2021
#9: Mac Shine – A thalamus-centric view of basal ganglia, cerebellar and cortical interactions
Dec 22, 2020
#8: Mojgan Hodaie – Connectivity aided targeting in neuromodulation for neuropathic pain
Dec 04, 2020
#7: Patricia Limousin – Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation: From Parkinson's Disease to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Nov 21, 2020
#6: Lone Frank – Robert Heath, the forgotten inventor of Deep Brain Stimulation
Sep 21, 2020
#5: Günther Deuschl – On the importance of transforming Deep Brain Stimulation to evidence based medicine
Aug 22, 2020
#4 Pierre Pollak – How modern-day Deep Brain Stimulation for movement disorders was introduced in Grenoble
Jul 05, 2020
#3: Marwan Hariz – a strong role for imaging and being critical in the field of DBS
Jun 14, 2020
#2 Helen Mayberg – Deep Brain Stimulation for Major Depression
May 29, 2020
#1: Christian Moll – from Wernicke to Functional Neurosurgery and Back
May 24, 2020