Invasive Approach to Model Human Cortex-Basal Ganglia Action-Regulating Networks 

UCLA IRB #: 16-001516

Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Time Frame: Up to 40 minutes during surgery

Purpose: Action regulation and suppression are key parts of everyday behavior. In this study, we explore the action suppression during selection, conflict and stopping. We take advantage of deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease, to obtain cortical and BG recordings across 3 action suppression tasks (self-paced movement, Eriksen Flanker task, and stop signal).

Principal Investigator: Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD

Contact: Diana Babayan, MPH

Phone: (310) 486-6928

Email: dbabayan@mednet.ucla.edu