Research

At the Clinical Neurosciences Center, research and patient care come together to improve lives. Our team conducts clinical trials, innovative programs, and device exploration that give you access to the latest treatments while helping us better understand neurological and psychiatric conditions. Our projects include:

Nash Family Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics (C-ACT) clinical trials: Led by neurologist and psychiatrist Helen S. Mayberg, MD, C-ACT has discovered new treatments by mapping the brain’s circuitry.
Living Brain Project: Our researchers are studying how the human brain works while people are still alive, using surgeries and other tools to safely collect and analyze brain tissue and activity. These findings provide new insights into brain functioning and diseases.
Epilepsy surgery research: Focusing on responsive neurostimulation to help patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, our clinical trials study Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, pediatric epilepsy, and other conditions. We are also exploring innovative treatments such as thalamic stimulation.
Q-Lab: In this facility, patients interact in a virtual environment. The lab lets us quantitatively assess your progress in movement, emotion, and cognition. We then use that information to adjust your treatment. We also collect and analyze data to evaluate overall treatment effectiveness.