Apparatus and method for calibrating an invasive, electrical and desynchronizing neurostimulation

摘要

The invention relates to a device (1) for stimulating neurons with pathologically synchronous and oscillatory neuronal activity with a stimulation unit (11) comprising a plurality of stimulation contacts (25-28) for stimulating neurons in the brain and / or spinal cord of a patient with electrical stimuli ( 22), a measuring unit (12) for receiving measurement signals (23) representing a neuronal activity of the stimulated neurons, and a control and analysis unit (10). The stimulation contacts (25-28) of the stimulation unit (11) apply stimuli (22), and the control and analysis unit (10) selects the stimulation contacts (25-28) whose stimuli (22) phase reset the diseased synchronous and oscillatory neural Activity of the stimulated neurons effect. Subsequently, the selected stimulation contacts (25-28) apply time-delayed phase-resetting stimuli (22), and the control and analysis unit (10) checks whether this suppresses the pathologically synchronous and oscillatory neuronal activity of the stimulated neurons.